> > > > 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...

I would say that neither are correct since two and three have always equalled five.

Some of you may argue that the use of the word "and" is arbitrary here. But remember who posted the original message. I think Howard was setting us up! ;-)