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I must disagree with all of you.
Posted By: Brandon, on host 198.74.16.3
Date: Monday, June 28, 1999, at 06:33:28
In Reply To: Re: just one more posted by enile on Monday, June 28, 1999, at 02:47:29:

> > > > 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.
>
> Dredging my memory, didn't the 'Inchworm' song go 'one and one is two, two and two are four...'? I could well be mistaken though, and I'm not sure it would prove anything...


two AND three IS five, not six.

two TIMES three or two BY three would be six ;)

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