Question

subject verb agreement

b) Neither of the two brothers……….(was/were)selected for the team.​

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer is were

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Answer 2

Answer:

The correct form of the verb to fill the sentence would be "was".

Explanation:

• This can be explained using subject-verb agreement which governs the form of the verb that is used along with a specific subject depending on the form of the subject.
• When "neither" is used in a sentence, the verb that is used along with it is always of the singular form.
• This is because neither acts as a subject of the sentence and it is singular, therefore a singular verb must be used along with it.
• Thus, here the sentence would be "Neither of the two brothers was selected for the team".
• The same rule is also followed when the word "Either" is used.

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