Question

Bread and butter _______ our daily food ( is,are)

Answer 1

Bread and butter is our daily food.

• We must note that although bread and butter are two things but they constitute one item, thus they will be considered to be singular in thus case.
• Since we are considering "bread and butter" to be singular thus we must use "is" in the given blank instead of using "are".

Answer 2

The correct answer is "are".

Explanation:

• The complete sentence will be: Bread and butter are our daily food as there are two subjects--bread and butter--so use the plural "are" verb.
• If you said "bread OR butter" then "is" is used as the subject would be just one (singular).
• The noun- bread and butter is uncountable.
• The plural form of bread and butter is also bread and butter.
• This sentence is very unnatural.
• Therefore, the correct answer is "are".