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was/were; bad/badly; due to/because of

0Neither the letters nor the memo (was/were) on your desk.02br
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00I feel really (bad/badly) about what you said to me.02br
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00The accident was (due to/because of) the driver's negligence.0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 00The accident was 00(01font 00due to the result of02font 00 02font 00) 01font 00the driver's negligence00. personally, I think due/ because of are understood. 02font 0-

— Goodman

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00The accident was 00(01font 00due to the result of02font 00 02font 00) 01font 00the driver's negligence00.
  • personally, I think due/ because of are understood.
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0Hi, 02br
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00Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk.02br
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01font00Neither/ either/ any/ someone etc.....always takes on the singular verb form02font02br
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00I feel really (bad) about what you said to me.02br
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01font00The sensin
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01cite10Goodman12cite10Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk. 12br
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11font10Neither/ either/ any/ someone etc.....always takes on the singular verb form12font12br
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01cite10Ruslana12cite11blockquote
11cite20Goodman22cite20Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk. 22br
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0Hi,02br
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00When "neither..nor", "either..or" ..etc are used as correlative conjuctions, the verb should agree in number with the noun that is closer to the verb.02br
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00(E-x) Neither my friend nor my teachers are coming.02br
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00 Neither my teachers nor my friend is coming.0-
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0Yes, 01b00Krish02b00, I agree with you.02br
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01b00Goodman02b00, the most interesting is that while "Googling" I saw [url=05000]the Blue Book site[/url] too but decided to give the information from the other resourse. [:)] 0240hrefhttp://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp
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0Hi all,02br
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00You know, that goes to show, not all the teachers and sources are absolutely correct. Now I am really interested to find out the truth!050010id3
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00 Niether / or question and usage 02br
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00Searching findings: 02br
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00If two singular subjects are connected by 01i00neither . . . nor 02i00or 01i00either . . . or02i00, the verb must be singular as well.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 10 12br
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10Now, let me give it another twist. If I were to say:12br
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10Now if I reword it to “Neither my friends nor I [was/ am /are] going to the party” which one is correct? since "I" is the noun closea to the verb? I promise, I will leave it at
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00Neither the letters nor the memo were on your desk.02br
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00I feel really bad about what you said to me.02br
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00The accident was because of driver's negligence. 0-
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1font00If the rules are true, then this one should be "was". The verb should follow the noun cloest to it which is "meno".02font02br
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