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Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:

  1. Two and two add four.
  2. Two and two become four.
  3. Two and two are four.
  4. Two and two make four.

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  • Two and two add four -- Correct form is "Two and two add to four"

Sentences $B$ and $C$ are wrong forms of the sentence "Two and two is equal to four". (Value is becoming equal)

Correct Answer: D

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Singular and plural are both correct.

The singular form is also used because "two and two" is an arithmetic formula. The verb agreement, in that case, is with the formula as a single entity.

  • Two and two make four.

In your example in particular, Google indicates that the plural form occurs more often:

"two plus two make four" = 353K results
"two plus two makes four" = 77K results

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9053/should-i-use-the-singular-or-plural-verb-in-mathematical-formulae-two-and-two

 

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