Standard English ConventionsMediumAgreement with 'either'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Either of the two bridges ____ you across the river in five minutes.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. takesCorrect
- B. take
- C. taking
- D. have taken
Answer: A. takes
'Either' is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. take
- Plural.
- C. taking
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have taken
- Plural auxiliary.
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