Subject Verb Agreement with Neither … Nor

Using Neither … nor and Subject Verb Agreement… Please follow the list for detailed expressions and examples;

Subject Verb Agreement with Neither … Nor

SINGULAR OR PLURAL ?

When we are using ” Neither … Nor … ” or  When we’re confronted with an ” Neither … nor” construction, 

1.

If both nouns used with “Neither … Nor” are singular, then we use singular verb.

( the verb is singular  although the plural verb can also be possible )

2.

If one of the nouns is singular and the other one is plural, we need to go to the noun that is closer to the verb. 

* If the closer noun to the verb is singular,  we use singular verb. ( the verb is singular although the plural verb can be possible  )

* If the closer noun to the verb is plural,  we use plural verb. ( the verb is plural)