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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
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There was neither central air conditioning nor fans in the hotel.

0There 01u01b00was02b00 neither central air conditioning02u00 nor fans in the hotel. 02br
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00There 01u01b00were02b00 neither fans02u00 nor central air conditioningin the hotel. 02br
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00I think the two sentences are both correct in their verbs. "Was" agrees with the singular noun (central air conditioning), and "were" agrees with the plural noun (fans), am I right?02br
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0Yes. 02br 01h2 05002h2 00by Elizabeth Balneaves - 05100 - 1977 - 175 pages02br 02br 01b 00There were neither fans02b 00 nor light nor any form of sanitation or washing facilities. id=lfnSsCYy50EC&pg=PA153&dq=%22There+were+neither+fans%22&sig=jh6gv0FQjhO7LpkGrdq9j4G8lEwcLily Lewis: Sketches of a Canadian Journalist: A Biocritical Study - Page 153243cBiography & Autobiography

— Marius Hancu

  • 0Yes.
  • 02br 01h2 05002h2 00by Elizabeth Balneaves - 05100 - 1977 - 175 pages02br 02br 01b 00There were neither fans02b 00 nor light nor any form of sanitation or washing facilities.
  • id=lfnSsCYy50EC&pg=PA153&dq=%22There+were+neither+fans%22&sig=jh6gv0FQjhO7LpkGrdq9j4G8lEwcLily Lewis: Sketches of a Canadian Journalist: A Biocritical Study - Page 153243cBiography & Autobiography
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0Yes. 02br
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00by Elizabeth Balneaves - 05100 - 1977 - 175 pages02br
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