Standard English ConventionsVery hardAgreement with a compound subject joined by 'or'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Either the two assistants or the manager ____ the keys at closing time.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. holdsCorrect
- B. hold
- C. holding
- D. have held
Answer: A. holds
With 'or', the verb agrees with the nearer subject, 'manager'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. hold
- Agrees with 'assistants', the farther subject.
- C. holding
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have held
- Plural auxiliary.
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