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Grammar Geek wrote: Perhaps we pair them in our brains, but not often enough in our writing that they would qualify for the singular verb, the way we do "fish and chips" or "love and marriage" or the other examples you gave earlier. Hmm...but isn't 'gerund AND gerund=singular' anyway?

Perhaps we pair them in our brains, but not often enough in our writing that they would qualify for the singular verb, the way we do "fish and chips" or "love and marriage" or the other examples you gave earlier.

Hi, Mr.P, I had to run and I didn't quote the examples Garner used. He says, "In this construction, a singular verb is required. But writers frequently get it wrong—e.g.: "Only one in five believe the Clintons did anything wrong in Whitewater." "The Polls," Dayton Daily News, 13...