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Neither police officers nor the National Weather Service (are/is) able to prevent people from tracking dangerous storms.
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Is
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When subjects are joined by or, neither, nor, or either, be sure the verb (or its auxiliary) agrees with what?
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The subject closer to it
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Neither she nor we (admits/admit) to the fear of thunder.
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Admit
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It's unlikely that either the dangers or the boredom of storm chasing (is/are) going to discourage the dedicated amateur.
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Is
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What is an indefinite pronoun?
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pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, thing, or group.
Ex: all, any, everybody, one, somebody |
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What is the subject?
The key to a candidate's success is television appearances. |
Key
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A series of questions (are/is) posed by a reporter.
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Is
Singular terms such as series, segment, portion, fragment, and part usually remain singular even when modified by plural words. |
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Carey is one of those people who never (seems/seem) dispirited.
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Seem
One of the subtlest subject-verb agreement problems occurs within clauses that include the phrase- one of those who. The verb is plural --even though it looks as if it should be singular |
