The following image and caption caught my attention.

Someone should work on their math
before they work on their grammar.

Found on reddit.

If you didn’t already notice, the joke is that it doesn’t matter if you want to say is or are, the fact is that the answer is 14 not 13. That aside, what is the right answer? Just for the record, I’d go with is, without getting into a grammatical discussion of the subject.

Five plus five is/are ten.
Our greatest asset is/are our libraries.
The thing I least like about rainy days is/are the grey clouds.

What do you think?

In Spanish it’s another story. As far as I know, in these cases the verb agrees in number with the object, not the subject. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Cinco mas cinco son diez.
Nuestro mejor recurso son nuestras bibiotecas.
La cosa que menos me gusta de los días lluviosos son las nubes grises.

29 October 2007 8:30 am
Cats: Grammar, Humor/Random
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