Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:
Neither the chairman nor the board members _____ willing to sanction the expenditure.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. were
- Step 1: Apply the rule of proximity for subjects joined by the correlative conjunction "neither... nor...".
- Step 2: The verb agrees in number with the second subject, "the board members", which is plural. In the past tense, the plural form of the copula is "were".
Answer
were.
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