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Re: just one more
Posted By: Darien, on host 140.186.100.119
Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999, at 19:21:03
In Reply To: Re: just one more posted by Procyon on Sunday, June 27, 1999, at 18:24:02:

> > I'll ask one more and then quit before I'm drummed out of the forum:
> > Which is correct?
> > Two and three ARE six.
> > or
> > Two and three IS six.
> > Howard
>
> I would have to say it's the second one, because the whole sentence is:
> The product of two and three is six.
> The problem is that without that in front, it doesn't sound as good.

I'd have to agree... the subject of that sentence doesn't actually appear anywhere, but it is singular.

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