Question

Subject and Verb Agreement

CHOOSE THE CORRECT STATEMENT

6.

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

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

7.

A) The coat or the hats are in that closet.

B) The coat or the hats is in that closet.

8.

A) Neither she nor I is getting the lunch special.

B) Neither she nor I am getting the lunch special.

C) Neither she nor I are getting the lunch special.

9.

A) Each of the dancers twirls brilliantly.

B) Each of the dancers twirl brilliantly.​

Answer 1

The answers are as follows:

6. A. 'Either the sculpture or the paintings are in the museum today.'

7. A. 'The coat or the hats are in that closet.'

8. B. 'Neither she nor I am getting the lunch special.'

9. A. 'Each of the dancers twirls brilliantly.'

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Subject-verb agreement refers to the rules which guide us in the correct placement of the verbs based on the subject of the sentence.

• In the case of 'either-or,' 'or,' and 'neither nor,' we need to check the number of the subject closest to the verb. The verb should follow the closest subject.

• 'Each' indicates to each individual. Thus, it takes a singular verb.