π°Correlative Conjunction
Either...or, neither...nor,.....
α°αα³αα½ ααπ α₯α΅αͺ α¨αα α«αα΅α Subject Verb π€agreementα³αΈαα α₯αααα¨α΅ ππ
π Correlative Conjunctions: When two subjects are joined with a correlative conjunction (either/ or or neither/ nor), the verb that follows should agree with the closest noun:
π The verb should simply agree with the noun/ pronoun which is nearest to the blank space.
π α correlative Conjunction ( either/or α₯α Neither/nor ), ααα΅ Sentence α²α«α«α Subject verb agreementα α₯αα΄α΅ α₯ααααα?π€ ααα α’αα α¨α³α½ α αα΅ ααα΅α αα³αΉ α¨αααα αα Noun/ pronoun α αα¨α΅ αα verbα α¨ααα΅ααα(agree) α¨ααα°αααα’
ααα³α :
πͺ»Neither the president nor his advisors ......... expected at the meeting.
A. is B. are
ααα± π B. are ααα’ α₯αα΄α΅βπ€
α°ααα¨α± π Neither the president nor α«α α αα α¨αα£α Nounαα α΅αααα¨α΅ πAdvisors αα α¨αααα’ Advisors ααα΅ α°αα Plural noun ααα’ Soπ The verb should agree with Advisors, which is plural noun! α³α²α« α¨ advisors αα₯α α¨ααα£α Verb ααα α«αα α΅ α¨α°α°α α α αα«α αα΅α₯ π are π ααα’
αααα«α±α π Advisors are α₯αα is α αααα’
ααα αα α₯αα°αα α’ααα΅π
Neither the president nor his advisor.......... expected at the meeting.
A. is B. are
ααα±π A αα α¨ααααα’
αααα«α±α α¨α³αΉ α αα΅ α«αα Noun π advisor ααα’ Advisor α°αα singular noun ααα’ α΅ααα Advisor is α₯αα Advisor are α αα£ααβοΈ
α Either ....or..α α°αα³α³α concept αα α«ααα’
ααα΅ sentence α either/or α¨α°α«α«αα,
the verb must agree with the second subject (the subject closer to the verb)
αα³αα¦
πEither my sisters or I.....
watered the lawn each day.
A. has B. have
ααα±- B. have ααα’ αααα«α±α α¨α³αΉ α αα΅ ααα αα³αΉ α¨αααα α pronounπ I πααα’ I have α₯αα I has α αα£ααβοΈ
π°Note: Neither....nor..... has a negative meaning, so it can't be used in negative sentence.
Example:
πNeither the boy nor the girls are not happy.( wrongβ)
πNeither the boy nor the girls are happy.( Correct β )
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Either...or, neither...nor,.....
α°αα³αα½ ααπ α₯α΅αͺ α¨αα α«αα΅α Subject Verb π€agreementα³αΈαα α₯αααα¨α΅ ππ
π Correlative Conjunctions: When two subjects are joined with a correlative conjunction (either/ or or neither/ nor), the verb that follows should agree with the closest noun:
π The verb should simply agree with the noun/ pronoun which is nearest to the blank space.
π α correlative Conjunction ( either/or α₯α Neither/nor ), ααα΅ Sentence α²α«α«α Subject verb agreementα α₯αα΄α΅ α₯ααααα?π€ ααα α’αα α¨α³α½ α αα΅ ααα΅α αα³αΉ α¨αααα αα Noun/ pronoun α αα¨α΅ αα verbα α¨ααα΅ααα(agree) α¨ααα°αααα’
ααα³α :
πͺ»Neither the president nor his advisors ......... expected at the meeting.
A. is B. are
ααα± π B. are ααα’ α₯αα΄α΅βπ€
α°ααα¨α± π Neither the president nor α«α α αα α¨αα£α Nounαα α΅αααα¨α΅ πAdvisors αα α¨αααα’ Advisors ααα΅ α°αα Plural noun ααα’ Soπ The verb should agree with Advisors, which is plural noun! α³α²α« α¨ advisors αα₯α α¨ααα£α Verb ααα α«αα α΅ α¨α°α°α α α αα«α αα΅α₯ π are π ααα’
αααα«α±α π Advisors are α₯αα is α αααα’
ααα αα α₯αα°αα α’ααα΅π
Neither the president nor his advisor.......... expected at the meeting.
A. is B. are
ααα±π A αα α¨ααααα’
αααα«α±α α¨α³αΉ α αα΅ α«αα Noun π advisor ααα’ Advisor α°αα singular noun ααα’ α΅ααα Advisor is α₯αα Advisor are α αα£ααβοΈ
α Either ....or..α α°αα³α³α concept αα α«ααα’
ααα΅ sentence α either/or α¨α°α«α«αα,
the verb must agree with the second subject (the subject closer to the verb)
αα³αα¦
πEither my sisters or I.....
watered the lawn each day.
A. has B. have
ααα±- B. have ααα’ αααα«α±α α¨α³αΉ α αα΅ ααα αα³αΉ α¨αααα α pronounπ I πααα’ I have α₯αα I has α αα£ααβοΈ
π°Note: Neither....nor..... has a negative meaning, so it can't be used in negative sentence.
Example:
πNeither the boy nor the girls are not happy.( wrongβ)
πNeither the boy nor the girls are happy.( Correct β )
β Follow us:
βββββ’πΊβ’βββββ
@Scholasticcluster
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βββββ’πΊβ’βββββ
