09 Neither of the boys... able to win the
race
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Neither of the boys is/was able to win the race.
(boys are in plural but her the subject is 'Neither' which means any one of the boys, that is singular)
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The answer is 'was.'
Neither of the boys was able to win the race.
Subject-Verb Agreement
- This sentence belongs to an exercise on subject-verb agreement. The subject-verb agreement focuses on the correct usage of verbs as per the subject.
- The rules say that any sentence containing 'neither nor' should take a singular verb. Hence, a singular verb 'was' is used in the sentence.
- Since the race had already taken place, simple past tense is used.
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