English QUESTION???????

'Two and two' represents a plural quantity. You could replace 'two and two' with 'they' and the sentence would still be grammatically correct as in: "Two is a numerical entity and is therefore singular. Two twos are two 'things', and therefore plural. They make four (which is another singular entity)." "Slow and steady" are adjectives and attributes of a single (unstated) thing, representing 'that which wins the race', so the verb is in the singular. If you were to rephrase the saying using two nouns, "Slowness" and "steadiness", you would have to use the plural form of the verb.

I thinks what they mean by two and two makes four is that two plus two equals 4, easy as that. It's like counting one to two on your left and hand and then counting one to two on your right hand, you count all of them it's four. As to the other case, the s/es thing, that I don't get, can you please explain or elaborate it further?? :)

You already know how to make most nouns into plurals just by adding an -s at the end of the word. There are plenty of words that do not follow the rule, however. Here is an easy case to remember: If a word ended in -s, -z, -x, -sh, or -ch, add -es to the end. Examples: dress - dresses; fizz - fizzes; fox - foxes; wish - wishes; watch - watches. When a noun ends in -o, you also have to add -es. Examples: hero - heroes; tomato - tomatoes Exceptions to the rule: studio, piano, kangaroo, zoo, buffalo, cargo, motto, . Just add -s to these words. If a noun ends in a consonant plus the letter "y", change the "y" to "i" and add -es. Examples: city - cities; country - countries When a noun ends in -f or -fe, you change the "f" to "v" and add -es. Examples: knife - knives; half - halves; scarf - scarves Here is one that always gave me trouble. I hope this makes it easier for you! Sometimes a singular noun ends in -um or -on. To make it a plural, change the -um to an -a. Examples: curriculum - curricula; phenomenon - phenomena How about nouns that end in -ex or -ix? To make them plural, change that ending to -ices. Examples: vertex - vertices; index - indices Nouns that end in -us become plurals by changing the ending to -i. Example: stimulus - stimuli Some nouns are always plural, but do not end in "s". Examples: cattle, police, people.

I think it's because the first one is scientific language; I mean language that we use to read "scientific stuff"