Monday, February 23, 2009

Fish And Chips Is/Are?


In Standard English, fish and chips is thought of as a single dish, hence is treated as a singular noun.

Therefore, the examples above, Fish and chips are making a comeback and Fish and chips are making a splash (Sunday Times, 22 February 2009), are non-standard. Make it is in both cases.

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