correct sentence

[Ajitgopal]

I wonder if the sentence given below is correct:

''Mr.X and Mr.Y is the same person''

grateful for advice.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, Ajitgopal.

No sentence is correct without an appropriate punctuation mark at the end.

Please tell us what you mean by this sentence. We need some context to help us to understand what you are asking.

 

[Tdol]

I would probably use are. However, I agree with Rover that this sentence needs some more context to make things clearer.

 

[Ajitgopal]

Welcome to the forum, Ajitgopal.

No sentence is correct without an appropriate punctuation mark at the end.

Please tell us what you mean by this sentence. We need some context to help us to understand what you are asking.

Thanks. I fully agree with your observation about punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.
The name of an individual was Mr.X, which he has since changed to Mr. Y. It is in this context that someone has recorded the sentence under reference. I hope I have made myself clear.

 

[MikeNewYork]

If it is clear that Mr. X and Mr. Y is the same person, I would use "is".

 

[emsr2d2]

I would use one of the following:

Mr X and Mr Y are the same person.
Mr X is Mr Y.
Mr X is the same person as Mr Y.

 

[Tdol]

If it is clear that Mr. X and Mr. Y is the same person, I would use "is".

The plural sounds more natural to me. I would use the same forms as emsr2d2.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree about the sound, but in this context, it is illogical for me.

 

[Tdol]

I'm a BrE speaker- if it sounds good, I go with it. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Does that mean that BrE is illogical? :shock:

 

[lotus888]

Using Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as an example, I would use "is".

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the same person.

Mr. X and Mr. Y is the same person.


--lotus

 

[emsr2d2]

I would say "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are the same person".

 

[Tdol]

This may be a difference between the variants, with some BrE speakers favouring, and not for the first time, the plural.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

Maybe it is. I favour the plural because the subject is made up of two elements.

If it were unknown whether Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde were in fact two manifestations of the same person, I doubt that even the partisans of the singular would ask a question like, 'Are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde different people or is he the same person?'