Question

State whether true or false:

In the below-mentioned sentence, 'was' should be replaced with 'were' in order for it to be grammatically correct.
Neither Sanjay nor his brother was able to attend the wedding, [Intermediate]

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

The sentence is grammatically correct. The rule is that two singular nouns connected by 'nor' or 'or' always take a singular verb. Here, 'Sanjay' and 'his brother' are the singular nouns thus they take singular verb 'was'. 'Were' is a plural verb which is not best fit according to rule. Hence, option B is right answer. The mentioned sentence is correct.