Standard English ConventionsVery hardVerb agreeing with the nearer subject after nor
Standard English Conventions practice question
Neither the committee's report nor the minister's replies ____ the question that the journalists kept asking.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. answerCorrect
- B. answers
- C. has answered
- D. is answering
Answer: A. answer
With neither nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, replies, which is plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. answers
- Singular; agrees with report, the farther subject.
- C. has answered
- Singular.
- D. is answering
- Singular.
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