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The patient's insight and judgment ( appear appears ) to be poor.

Could you let me know the correct answer and the rule for appear and appears? ​
 
Debra Kirk said:
The patient's insight and judgment ( appear appears ) to be poor.

Could you let me know the correct answer and the rule for appear and appears? ​
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The rule is not about the verb; the rule is about subject-verb agreement. The subject has two items so it is plural; therefore the verb must be plural "appear".
 
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