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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Proper use of was or were.
I'm not sure of the correct use of "was" or "were in the following sentence:
I checked the doors and neither of them (were or was) locked.
I checked the doors and neither of them (were or was) locked.
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'neither of them' means not one of them. It is invariably singular: was.
- 'neither of them' means not one of them.
- It is invariably singular: was.
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'neither of them' means not one of them. It is invariably singular: was.
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were locked... was is singular and were is plural.
I checked the door and it was locked.
I checked the doors and they were locked.
I checked the door and it was locked.
I checked the doors and they were locked.
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