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[Allouie]

Could you tell me which sentence is correct?

- What we need 'ARE' to stick to the same field and to treat our friends best we can.

OR

- What we need 'IS' to stick to the same field and to treat our friends best we can.

Thanks.
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YUKIKO

[Anuradha Chepur]

The second one is correct. If I remember my high-school grammar correctly, when two coordinating clauses are joined by 'and', the verb is singular.

[LucentShade]

Also, the subject of the verb "be" is "What we need," and this can be rewritten as "The thing [singular] that we need IS to..."

[Allouie]

Anuradha and Lucent,
Thank you very much for your advice.
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YUKIKO