Subject-verb agreement in English has particular features related to morphological simp...

Responda: Subject-verb agreement in English has particular features related to morphological simplicity and the context of use. Read the sentence below and analyze the proposed situations: "Neither t...

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Subject-verb agreement in English has particular features related to morphological simplicity and the context of use. Read the sentence below and analyze the proposed situations:
"Neither the manager nor the employees ___________ responsible for the delay, as the circumstances were beyond control."
Based on the rules of subject-verb agreement in English, select the alternative that correctly conjugates the verb to fill in the blank, considering the grammatical and semantic context of the sentence:

✂️ a) is – because agreement in constructions with neither...nor always follows the first subject.
✂️ b) are – because the verb must agree with the closest subject, which is plural.
✂️ c) was – because the use of neither...nor requires the past tense in negative sentences.
✂️ d) is – because neither...nor makes the sentence singular, regardless of the subject.
✂️ e) are – because the verb always agrees with the first subject in negative constructions.