Choose the sentence that correctly handles the correlative conjunctions 'neither... nor'.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Neither the manager nor the employees were informed about the schedule change.
- Step 1: The correlative pair is 'neither... nor' (never 'neither... or').
- Step 2: Under the rule of proximity, when subjects are joined by 'neither... nor', the verb agrees with the closer subject ('employees', which is plural, requiring 'were').
Answer
Neither the manager nor the employees were informed about the schedule change.
Why not the others: 'Neither... or' pairs 'neither' with 'or' incorrectly; 'Neither... nor... was' violates proximity agreement with plural 'employees'; 'Neither... and...' is an ungrammatical pairing.
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