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Standard English ConventionsMediumAgreement with 'either'

Standard English Conventions practice question

Either of the two routes ____ you to the summit before dark.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. getsCorrect
  2. B. get
  3. C. getting
  4. D. have got

Answer: A. gets

'Either' is singular.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. get
Plural.
C. getting
Not a finite verb.
D. have got
Plural auxiliary.

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