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Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Question 5 • *CR English 3 S2 [E3060OX]

Read the paragraph.[1] Alejandro’s guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents thinks he’ll have time to do the work for both courses. [4] Alejandro plans to wait until the week before school starts to decide.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

Answer
A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4

Explanation

In sentence 3, the subjects joined by “neither…nor” are “he” and “his parents.” The verb agrees with the subject closest to it, “his parents,” which is plural, so the sentence should say “Neither he nor his parents think.”

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