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Dear teachers,
Please read the following sentence and the choices.
Bread and butter ___ our daily food.
a. are b. is

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

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I'd say 'is' because I think of the together as a single food. If they were separate (meat and fish), then I'd use the plural.
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Thank you very much for your explanation. Now I see.

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I'd say 'is' because I think of the together as a single food. If they were separate (meat and fish), then I'd use the plural.
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