Fill in the blank with a suitable form of the verb:
Neither the 23 children in the class nor Tony _______ to be upset about failing the spelling bee.

seem

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seeming

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seems

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has seem

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Solution

The correct option is B
seems

When two subjects are connected by 'neither..nor' the verb number should agree with the number of the subject closest to it. Here, the subject closest to the verb is Tony, which is singular. Hence, the verb will be singular, i.e. 'seems'.

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