English, asked by neena9346, 11 months ago

Fill in the blank with verb in agreement with the subject: Neither his father nor his mother........alive

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Answered by Angel12122003

Neither his father nor his mother "are" alive .

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Angel12122003: "Are" is right because mother and father are two persons which means its plural and we use are for plurals

Abhayveer: abe english professor pura sentence padh

Abhayveer: neither aur nor bhi hai

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Answered by mindfulmaisel

Answer:

Neither his father nor his mother is alive.

Explanation:

When neither-nor is used in a ‘sentence’, there is a confusion on whether to use singular verb or plural verb. The clarity on this issue is explained as under:

If in the given sentence, singular noun is used, then singular verb is to be used. For e.g., in the given sentence, singular noun is used i.e. his father or his mother. So, singular verb i.e. ‘is’ is used.

If in the given sentence, singular and plural noun, both are used, then the noun near to the verb decides the singular or plural verb to be used. For e.g., if it was given: Neither his father nor his relatives ____ alive, noun ‘relatives’ is in plural form which is near to verb and so, are will be used.

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