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Piyush Sonkar
Two and two makes/make four?
25 gen 2020 21:17
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Two and two (they) make four.
25 gennaio 2020
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In addition to Kim's answer below. However, in mathematics, one would say that two plus two is four and two plus two equals four.
25 gennaio 2020
It's interesting, Kim uses a plural verb and Marco uses singular verbs. The possibilities are
2 + 2 make 4 (plural verb)
2 + 2 makes 4 (singular verb)
2 + 2 is 4 (singular)
2 + 2 are 4 (plural)
2 + 2 equals 4 (singular)
2 + 2 equal 4 (plural)
I suspect that both singular and plural verbs are both used but that there is a regional preference. My personal preference (Australian) is for singular verbs, and I think this holds true for the UK as well. But it doesn't seem to me that plural verbs are incorrect. I have the feeling that in North America the preference is for plural verbs. Maybe I'm wrong, others might comment.
So I think both are correct, but different people might tell you that one or the other is incorrect.
I hope I'm being helpful.
25 gennaio 2020
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Piyush Sonkar
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Hindi
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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