Collecetive noun.

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edmondjanet

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Five fingers "is" not equal. Here, We are using the "fingers" as a collecetive noun.
Is it correct usage?
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Do you mean even? "Equal" means having the same value or identical. "Even" means divisible by two. Do you mean that five is not divisible by two?
 

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I don't understand this.
Sir, I mean about the verb "is"
Five fingers "is" not equal though it belongs to one hand.
Here We are using "is" instead of "are", I think "are" is correct,and one more,Butter and milk "is" essential. here we are using such type of usages.
I can't understand on what basis it is using.
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Butter and milk are essential. Plural subjects take plural verbs.
 

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Five dollars is/are not a lot of money?
 
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