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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Neither my dad or me has or have?

Is it "neither my dad or me has or have?

Or.. Is "neither my dad or me" right?
  

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Neither my dad nor me has …

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14 Answers
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Neither my dad nor me has
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Neither my dad nor I have...
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ozzourtiNeither my dad nor I have...
Of course!
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Aspara Gus ozzourtiNeither my dad nor I have...Of course!
I prefer your first answer, because I consider neither to be singular. I'm pretty much alone in this field, however, I know.
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PhilipI prefer your first answer
Even with “me”? Emotion: tongue tied
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Aspara Gus PhilipI prefer your first answerEven with “me”?
Aspara Gus PhilipI prefer your first answerEven with “me”?
No! I guess these just came to fast for me to keep up with. I would say Neither my dad nor I has...
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It's a bit confusing... Some of you say /has/, others say /have/
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Perfect Stranger It's a bit confusing... Some of you say /has/, others say /have/
That's part of the beauty of these forums: we agree to disagree.
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Here is the rule according to Partridge:
a) If both subjects are singular, the verb is singular.
b) If either subject is plural (or both are), the verb is plural.
c) If the pronouns differ, the nearer governs the verb in both person and number.
Thus it should be:
Neither my dad nor I have...
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Perfect StrangerIt's a bit confusing... Some of you say /has/, others say /have/
I see Neither my dad nor I has… as a hypercorrection. The use of have in this case is not similar to that in, say, Neither Jane nor John have…, where have is informally in agreement with both subjects. In Neither my dad nor I have… the verb agree

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