Matthew Wai
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https://www.englishforums.com/English/IsOrAre/bgzmxp/post.htm
On the above forum, a teacher told me that 'are' was preferable in 'What I want are two apples and two bananas'.
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/8402937427
On the above forum, I found this sentence: 'What I want is a calculator and an electronic dictionary'.
Should 'are' be used instead of 'is' above?
On the above forum, a teacher told me that 'are' was preferable in 'What I want are two apples and two bananas'.
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/8402937427
On the above forum, I found this sentence: 'What I want is a calculator and an electronic dictionary'.
Should 'are' be used instead of 'is' above?