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Saikat Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

was or were

0Neither employees nor the manager 01font01u01b00was/were02b02u02font00 happy with the new policies.02br
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1i00Neither 01b00the02b00 employees nor the manager 01b00were02b00 happy with the new policies.02i02br
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0500240hrefhttp://books.google.com/books?q=%22Neither+the+employees+nor+the+*+were%22&lr=&sa=N&start=10
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0Hello.02br
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001) Neither the employees nor the manager 01font01b00were02b02font00 happy with the new policies.02br
002) Neither the employees nor the manager 01font01b00was02b02font00 happy with the new policies.02br
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0The link does not show any "Neither <plural> nor <singular> <plural verb> ... " kind of sentence. Can you please refer to a specific page?0-
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1a05000 02a00: 01i00Neither02i00 is paired with 01i00nor02i00 as 01i00either02i00 is with 01i00or,02i00 and in those uses as conjunctions they pose usage problems of agreement. Usually they will take a singular verb if both parts of the
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0GG said: 02br
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01i00Neither my friends nor my father is ready02i02br
01b00although a plural is also possible.02b02br
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00Sticking to my guns. Good reference. 02br
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0Thanks for the reference GG. I appreciate 050010id1
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