Answer: is
Explanation:
When two nouns are joined by' and' and refer to the same person, the subject agrees with singular verbs.Hence, only one article is used for both nouns:
- My friend and brother has come.
- The novelist and poet is speaking.
But, if the nouns refer to different persons,the verb is plural.Hence, the article comes to individual nouns.
- The novelist and the poet are my close friends.
- My friend and my brother are coming to see my today.
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