IS or ARE in this sentence...?

Deep-fried shrimp at Old Country Buffet IS not a good idea.



Deep-fried shrimp at Old Country ARE not a good idea.



I naturally wanted to write "is", but since shrimp is plural, is seems like it would make sense to write "deep-fried shrimp are not a good idea."



Please let me know which is correct, and why!IS or ARE in this sentence...?
Since shrimp is plural I think are is the correct choice.
That is incorrect...

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IS or ARE in this sentence...?
put "the" in front of the sentence if you want to use the word 'is'. If not use 'are'
Do you mean eating them? Because if you did. I would say deep fried shrimp at Old Country Buffet are not good to eat. Or just say they are not good.IS or ARE in this sentence...?
I say "is" because ur talking about how it's not a good idea. IMO "are" just doesn't fit right



Is agree with the second post to use "is" u need to add something like "having" or something like that in the beginning of the sentence n then use "is"
1.is is correct

Deep-fried shrimp at Old Country Buffet IS not a good idea.

in the above sentence is is correct





2.but if you write like this means

in Old Country deep-fried shrimp are not a good idea.

in the above sentence here are is correct
If you put "Deep fried shrimp" in quotations, as it is the name of the dish, then you can say "is". It's a tricky one, probably to do with shrimp being the same singular and plural.
I'm not sure if that is a complete sentence.. It seems like there should be something else at the beginning, like - Eating deep-fried shrimp at Old Country buffet is not a good idea. In this case it would be "is" because you are referring to the action of eating the shrimp, not the shrimp themselves.

Either way I think it would be singular (so you would use "is") because "deep-fried shrimp" can be treated as a dish which would be singular, not a bunch of individual shrimp. That is why it sounds natural to say "is," because you are talking about a dish as a whole - try replacing deep-fried shrimp with "steak" for example, then it makes sense.
Well the deep fried shrimp is singular because you're talking about ONE food dish. Not just the many shrimp. The dish. So it's "is."



It sounds natural to make it plural because shrimp usually refers to many shrimps, not just one. So it seems more correct even though it isn't.