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Zorluk: KolaySubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Complete the sentence below by supplying the grammatically correct present tense verb that satisfies the rules of subject-verb concord.

Cevap:Either the senior manager or the department supervisors 【are】 expected to present the quarterly budget proposal.

Cevap

The correct verb to fill the blank is 'are'.
In English grammatical concord, when two subjects are connected by the correlative conjunction 'either... or', the verb must agree in number with the subject noun phrase closest to it (proximity concord). Here, the plural noun phrase 'the department supervisors' is closest to the blank, requiring the plural verb 'are'.

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1
Identify the compound subject and its connecting conjunction.
The subject consists of 'the senior manager' (singular) and 'the department supervisors' (plural) connected by 'Either... or'.
Correlative conjunctions like 'either... or' join two distinct subject elements.
2
Apply the rule of proximity concord.
The verb must agree with the subject closest to the blank, which is 'the department supervisors'.
When subjects of different grammatical numbers are joined by 'either... or', proximity concord dictates that the verb matches the number of the nearest subject.
3
Select the correct plural present tense verb.
'are' is chosen.
Since 'supervisors' is plural, the plural verb form 'are' is required.

Anahtar Kavram

Proximity Concord with Correlative Conjunctions
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Konular

Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

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