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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Neither of you have(has) done anything

I read in :

A practical English Grammar page 67

Neither of them knows the way,do they?

they say after niether of , we use singular verb
so, which is correct:

Neither of you have done anything
or
Neither of you has done anything
  

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Hi Anon Neither of you has done anything.

  • Hi Anon Neither of you has done anything.
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Hi Anon

Neither of you has done anything.
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Neither is a singular subject, requiring has. Many native speakers feel the proximity of the plural "of them" and mistakenly use the plural form.

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