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Identify the grammatically correct sentence.

  1. A
    Bread and milk are wholesome foods.
  2. B
    Bread and milk is a wholesome food.
  3. C
    Bread and milk are a wholesome food.
  4. D
    Bread and milk would be wholesome foods.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Under the structural guidelines governing subject-verb agreement rules, when two distinct singular nouns are connected together by 'and' but combine conceptually to represent a single consolidated collective dietary unit or idea, they require a singular verb ('is') and a singular complement ('a wholesome food').

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Identify the grammatically correct sentence.
A
Bread and milk are wholesome foods.
B
Bread and milk is a wholesome food.
C
Bread and milk are a wholesome food.
D
Bread and milk would be wholesome foods.

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