Subject-Verb Agreement: Neither... Nor
CMAT 2023 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Grammar
Find out which part of the following sentence has an error:
"Neither he nor I are wrong"
- A.
Neither he
- B.
nor I
- C.
are wrong
- D.
no error
Answer
C
Explanation
When subjects are joined by 'neither... nor', the verb agrees with the subject closer to it ('I'). Thus, it should be 'am wrong' instead of 'are wrong'. Part C contains the error.
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