Here is the report and login or Here are the report and login or Here is the report and the login? [closed]

Question

Here is the report and login

or

Here are the report and login

or

Here is the report and the login?

Which one is correct and sounds better?

Answer 1

Correctness and sounding better aren't necessarily the same thing.

Technically when you are referring to more than one thing, you should use the plural:

Here are the things you wanted [i.e. the report and the login]

But there are a couple of common exceptions:

1. When things are closely related, they are often treated as a single object

   Here is your fish and chips.

   How distant that relationship has to be before 'are' is mandated is a matter of taste I think.

2. There's a strong tendency to use the singular form when the first object in a list begins with a vowel, even though it might be grammatically incorrect.

   Where's Amy and Rory?

   In this case correct grammar is being trumped by smoothness of speech. I cannot say 'Where are Amy and Rory?' quickly. It sounds ugly and lumpy, in fact it makes a pretty good tongue-twister.