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Cloudpixie Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Subject Verb Agreement with Neither nor
In a sentence like "Whether neither Steph nor I answer, she walks away." does the verb "answer" agree with the subject closest to it (in this case "I")?
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cloudpixie does the verb ... agree with the subject closest to it Yes. That's the rule for "or" (or "either ...
- cloudpixie does the verb ...
- agree with the subject closest to it Yes.
- That's the rule for "or" (or "either ...
- or" or "neither ...
- nor").
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cloudpixiedoes the verb ... agree with the subject closest to it
Yes. That's the rule for "or" (or "either ... or" or "neither ... nor").
CJ
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cloudpixieneither Steph nor I answer
You simply omitted "answers" in "neither Steph".
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