ankitapugalia
Hi,
A quick question: If the sentence were-> The resolution that X law will benefit the country and that Y law should be abandoned are/is correct. Here-> should we use singular verb or plural verb? Since that is not a preposition and the sentence is also joined by an 'and', I am confused about the verb to be used. Please help here.
Thank you in advance!
The subject is "resolution", and that's the thing that IS correct. The two "that" parts are just noun modifiers (a parallel list of noun modifiers, in this case), and the modifiers have no impact on whether the noun is singular or plural.
It's no different than something like this:
"The burrito that has been in my refrigerator for 3 months and that smells like rotten tomatoes is probably unfit for consumption."
There's only one burrito, so the subject and verb are singular. Similarly, there's only one resolution -- describing a singular noun with multiple modifiers doesn't make the noun itself plural.
I hope that helps!