Compound subjects connected with and almost always take a plural verb.
Hard work and attention to detail are her greatest strengths.
(From Write for Business, page 261, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 73)
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Avoiding Sentence Errors: Agreement of Subject and Verb: Compound Subjects
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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