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ACT English Difficulty: Hard (560)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1911

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: Neither the lead architect nor the structural engineers was able to identify the cause of the foundation settlement.
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Neither... nor: match the verb to the closest noun (engineers -> were).

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With "neither... nor", the verb agrees with the closer subject. "structural engineers" is plural, requiring plural "were able to"....

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