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Kuantingchen Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

A grammar question

Tom or his parents ____ going to Taipei next week.
(1) is (2) was (3) are (4) were

Can anyone tell me which answer is correct?
I think the 3rd option is correct, but I find it a little strange for me.
Why isn't put an "either" before Tom? Is the question natural in English?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

According to the rules of agreement of verbs with the subject when the subjects joined by or,nor are of differenet numbers ,the verb must be plural and the plural subject must be placed next the verb. Even if you put "Either" before the sentence then also it will follow the same rule.

— Jhumjhum

  • According to the rules of agreement of verbs with the subject when the subjects joined by or,nor are of differenet numbers ,the verb must be plural and the plural subject must be placed next the verb.
  • Even if you put "Either" before the sentence then also it will follow the same rule.
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According to the rules of agreement of verbs with the subject when the subjects joined by or,nor are of differenet numbers ,the verb must be plural and the plural subject must be placed next the verb.
Even if you put "Either" before the sentence then also it will follow the same rule.
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None of the choices.
Your sentence is already complete.


But when you are looking for the rule, just refer to the above post.
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Thanks Ayn, I need to remove the "are" in the sentence.
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