Comments on: Ham and Eggs is or are?

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:05:51 +0000

If they were talking about 50 x $1 coins though, where ARE my 50 dollars could be correct?

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:56:15 +0000

I’m vegetarian … saves a lot of bother, cos I just have the eggs

However, I’d agree with those that see “Ham and eggs” as a breakfast dish & thus singular.

By: kimberly Willy

kimberly Willy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:38 +0000

which is right? what is the time? or what time do you have?

By: Andy Knoedler

Andy Knoedler — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:15:11 +0000

Sorry, Shelley, but “ham and eggs” is a phrase acting together to constitute a single dish of food and thus takes the singular verb. I would say “Ham and eggs is my favorite breakfast dish”.

If we were thinking of them as items on our shopping list, on the other hand, ham and eggs would take a plural verb, as in “Ham and eggs are on my list”.

By: ShelleyD

ShelleyD — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:29:05 +0000

Ham and eggs are. The use of the conjunction makes it a unit, but the plural of eggs demands the use of are. If it the second noun were singular, then the verb would be singular as well.