Question

1.The poet and the philosopher _____
dead.​

Answer 1

Hello friend!

The poet and the philosopher is

dead.

Answer 2

Answer:

The poet and the philosopher were dead.

Explanation:

We used were because there is the use of the two times that is ... "the poet" and "the philosopher" if it were single person then we would have used single 'the' but here they are two therefore, were is correct.