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Originally Posted by bhaisahab  Hi VIPIN,
It depends what you are trying to say, for example;
"Two, three and four put together are numbers in a series".
"Two, three and four put to together is a series of numbers".
or indeed;
"Two, three and four put together in series make 234".  |
I think rj1948 was considering a fourth possible meaning: 'The
sum of 2, 3 and 4
is 9' or - in other words - the value of the expression "2 + 3 + 4"
is 9. If you make the sentence have a singular subject the answer to your question is obvious:
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Originally Posted by rj1948 Two,three and four put together is...correct. |
However, a lot of native speakers would say either - particularly very young children who chant "2 and 3 make 5". And with the increasing use of calculators in schools (
, but that's another story
) people are reaching adulthood with an infantile grasp of elementary maths.
b