Question

For the following, choose the sentence in which the subject and verb agree.

Either the sculpture or the paintings are in the museum today.

Either the sculpture or the paintings is in the museum today.

None of the above

Both of the above

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Answer 1

In the following sentence subject-verb agreement is correct.

Either the sculpture or the paintings are in the museum today.

Explanation

The subject verb agreement has many rules.

Here the rule that is applied is the rule of proximity. According to this rule when a compound subject consists of both a singular and a plural noun or pronoun joined by "or" or "nor," the verb should agree with the part of the subject that is nearest to the verb. This rule  is called rule of proximity. In this sentence 'paintings' is plural, so verb should also be plural.

Answer 2

Answer:

Either the sculpture or the paintings are in the museum today is correct