在Apairof后面是用is还是are?我们外教老师非常肯定地说绝对实用ARE但是我们学校的老师却说用IS这后面是用IS还是AREWhatdowesaybehindthe'apairof'isorare?Thisquestion,towardmyCanadianteacherhesaid

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在A pair of后面是用is还是are?
我们外教老师非常肯定地说绝对实用ARE但是我们学校的老师却说用IS 这后面是用IS 还是AREWhat do we say behind the 'a pair of' is or are?This question ,toward my Canadian teacher he said it shuold use ARE But our Chinese teacher said It has to use IS don't do it must be wrongPlease tell me which right isAnd which wrong?

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i think either is ok/because when we regard it as a whole,you should use is,but when we want to express that a pair of shoes but in fact we think about the two ones,naturally we use are .