قانون تخم مرغ و بیکن

Hello

Are you enjoying your meal?

Well

My Bacon and eggs were delicious

and my Macaroni and cheese were absolutely tasty.

I’m sorry

but your bacon & eggs was delicious,

and your macaroni & cheese was tasty.

Aha

you see?

When we have two nouns

that are used so often together

that we think of them as a singular idea,

we use a singular verb.

OK

Likewise,

we use a singular verb

when we want to talk about amounts or quantities.

For example:

A thousand dollars is a lot of money.

or

Ten miles is too far to walk.

interesting

Expressions with “one of”

are also followed by a singular verb.

For example:

One of my students is a gymnast.

One of my friends is going to Africa this summer.

excuse me?

yeah, yes?

very interesting actually

but I’m ready for my check, please!

OK

I’m not going to leave you a tip!