"What is your name and address" - why "is" instead of "are"? We use "is" with singular but here we use "is" with two things: "name and address". Why?
Agreement With Compound Subjects Joined by And I was surfing the internet the other day when I found this phrase: Instead your precious time and attention is wasted. To my ears, it sounds wrong. But I'm not a native English speaker, so I consulted with a number of them, and some of them said that it was "is" because the adjective modifies only the noun "time" and not "attention". Others said it "is" because that's just how it is. But I still believe it should be "are". Any help is appreciated.
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