|By Kewlkat8 (Kewlkat8) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 04:58 pm:
Edit| hey on practice A of the barrons sat2 writing book, #14
says "To the disappointment of the crowd, neither the president
nor any of his aides were able to attend the ceremony" the key
says that "were" should be "was" ..can anyone explain this to
me? thanks |By Hertish (Hertish) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 -
05:02 pm: Edit| the verb should refer to the noun closest to
"neither" i think |By Chamonix (Chamonix) on Wednesday, April
14, 2004 - 05:02 pm: Edit| when using neither/nor, its always
singular when using either/or, its always plural |By Xjay2max
(Xjay2max) on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 01:13 am: Edit| Neither
the present nor any of his aides was... not were. i believe that
"any" is a singular subject. i believe the rule for either/or,
neither/nor is you look at the subject right before the verb -
that determines whether the conjugated verb is plural or
singular. |By Gottagetout (Gottagetout) on Thursday, April 15,
2004 - 01:54 am: Edit