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Usage and Punctuation

Question 3 • CR-LCISD-English II A

Read the sentence carefully.Neither the coat nor the hat are in the theater’s coatroom, and neither are in the lost and found.Which sentence corrects the error in subject-verb agreement?

Answer
A
Neither the coat nor the hat are in the theater’s coatroom, and neither is in the lost and found.
B
Neither the coat nor the hat are in the theater’s coatroom, and neither are in the lost and found.
C
Neither the coat nor the hat is in the theater’s coatroom, and neither is in the lost and found.
D
Neither the coat nor the hat is in the theater’s coatroom, and neither are in the lost and found.

Explanation

“Neither the coat nor the hat” refers to two singular nouns joined by “nor,” so the verb should agree with the nearer singular noun, “hat”: use “is.” The second “neither” is also singular, so it takes “is” as well. Choice C correctly says the coat and hat “is” not in the coatroom and “neither is” in the lost and found.

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