hidden inside is/are a door and a key
Would you be so kind as to explain which version is the right one:

Hidden inside are a key and a door.
Hidden inside is a key and a door.

Thank you very much!!

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hidden inside is/are a door and a key
Would you be so kind as to explain which version is the right one:

Hidden inside are a key and a door.
Hidden inside is a key and a door.

Thank you very much!!

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Well, if I didn't misunderstood your question, I suppose you want to say: "A key and a door are hidden inside" Is that right?

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I would like to consider them one thing; a single pair.  If you think of them as a pair, such as a pair of shoes that only belong together, you will choose "Inside is a door and a key."

But I can not go through with that answer.  If the writer thought they were a pair, she would have written "inside is a door with a key."

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"Hidden inside are a key and a door" is correct. The subject is plural (a key and a door).

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I think it is much better using the is... because... I far as I've learned... are is used in sentences when it is plural...

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