10 votes 10 votes Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence: Two and two add four. Two and two become four. Two and two are four. Two and two make four. Verbal Aptitude gate2013-ee english-grammar verbal-aptitude grammatical-error + – Akash Kanase asked Feb 16, 2016 Akash Kanase 3.5k views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply khushtak commented May 5, 2016 reply Follow Share http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9053/should-i-use-the-singular-or-plural-verb-in-mathematical-formulae-two-and-two and I guess D what's correct one? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 4 votes 4 votes 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) Two and two make four. -- is Correct. "makes" is also correct usage here. Correct Answer: D Arjun answered Jun 4, 2019 Arjun comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply rohith1001 commented Jan 23, 2020 reply Follow Share Option C is similar to "Two twos are four" (2 $\times$ 2 = 4). Then why is it wrong? 2 votes 2 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
8 votes 8 votes D) seems to be correct ans. Manashi Sarkar answered Mar 3, 2016 Manashi Sarkar comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
1 votes 1 votes 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 Yaduvanshi Rishi answered Dec 27, 2018 Yaduvanshi Rishi comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes option (D) is correct. Two and two make four. Akash Verma 1 answered Nov 15, 2017 Akash Verma 1 comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.