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Zorluk: OrtaSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Complete the sentence below by supplying the verb form that correctly satisfies the rules of grammatical concord.

Cevap:Neither the principal administrator nor the senior lecturers 【were】 willing to compromise on the new academic guidelines during the emergency senate meeting.

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The correct verb to fill the blank is 'were' (or 'are' in the present tense), because when subjects of different grammatical numbers are connected by 'neither... nor...', the verb agrees in number with the subject closest to it ('senior lecturers').
When compound subjects are linked by correlative conjunctions like 'neither... nor...', the verb must agree in number with the subject closest to it. In this sentence, the plural noun 'senior lecturers' is adjacent to the verb, requiring the plural verb 'were' (or 'are').

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1
Identify the compound subjects and the connecting structure.
The subject phrase contains a singular noun ('the principal administrator') and a plural noun ('the senior lecturers') joined by the correlative conjunction 'neither... nor...'.
Correlative conjunctions require applying the rule of proximity concord.
2
Determine which noun determines the verb agreement.
The plural noun 'senior lecturers' is immediately adjacent to the verb blank.
Under proximity concord, the verb must match the number of the noun closest to the verb position.
3
Select the correct plural verb form.
The plural past verb 'were' (or present tense 'are') correctly agrees with 'senior lecturers'.
Using a plural verb ensures proper grammatical agreement with the nearer subject.

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Proximity Concord with Correlative Conjunctions
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

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