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0Neither Bob nor Jane 01b00is02b00 blonde.0-

0 I agree with Ruslana, but see:02br
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0Neither she nor 01b00they are02b00 going. (The verb agrees with 'they', the nearer subject.)02br
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00Neither they nor 01b00she is02b00 going. (The verb agrees with 'she', the nearer subject.)02br
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00Neither she or01b00 he is02b00 going. (The verb agrees with 'he', the nearer subje

0Is this rule context dependent in the sense that the verb does not always agree with the nearest subject, but the meaning of the sentence itself?02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Neither of them is. 12blockquote

10"Them" is not a subject here. "Neither" is the subject, that's why 01b00is02b00 is correct.0-

0Strictly speaking, 'Neither of them 00is' is correct, so is 'None of them is..." 02br
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00But when different subjects are involved, the verb agrees with the subject nearest the verb. This is stated in my earlier post.02br
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0Thanks!! 050010id1

0Actually, I have just searched in Google and following are some sentences with none:02br
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00Maybe 01b00none of them02b00 are terrorists02br
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01b00None of them02b00 worth the cost or effort02td

0 New2grammar, see the post above provided by Marius. 0-

0Hi New2grammar02br
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00I've said that strictly speaking, 'Neither of them is' is correct, so is 'None of them is..." 02br
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00But when different subjects are involved, the verb agrees with the subject nearest the verb. This is stated in my earlier post.02br
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00Google will give you lot of things, including grammatically wrong