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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Subject verb agreement

Pain and frustration was my fuel.
Pain and frustration were my fuel.

What is the subject?
  

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Pain and frustration

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Pain and frustration
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Thank you. Which one is it?

Pain and frustration were my fuel.
Pain and frustration was my fuel.
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It's a compound subject, so you need a plural verb: were.