> > > > > 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! ;-)
Naw, he wouldn't do a thing like that!