A sign at a Mexican restaurant:
"First bowl of chips are free."
The word we need to think about here is "bowl." That's singular, so the verb should be "is."
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1 comment:
This is actually a self-correcting problem. Any Mexican restaurant that charges extra for chips is destined for failure.
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