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Digital ACT English Practice Question #1219

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Neither the principal cellist nor the guest conductors was prepared for the sudden acoustic reverberations in the newly constructed concert hall. Which choice best corrects the agreement error?
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Proximity rule for 'neither... nor': Look at the noun immediately before the verb. 'Conductors' is plural $\rightarrow$ verb must be plural ('were').

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In correlative structures using 'neither... nor', the verb must agree with the subject closest to it. Here, the subject closest to the verb is the plural noun 'guest conductors'. Therefore, the plural past-tense verb 'were prepared' is gram...

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