choose the correct option
Correct answer: D. Neither the President nor his representatives are to attend the meeting.
- A. Neither his representatives nor the President were to attend the meeting.
- B. Neither the President nor his representatives was to attend the meeting.
- C. Neither his representatives nor the President are to attend the meeting.
- D. Neither the President nor his representatives are to attend the meeting.
Explanation
The subject of the sentence is "Neither...nor", which is a correlative conjunction that connects two nouns: "the President" and "his representatives".- In this case, the verb "are" agrees with the plural noun "representatives", which is the closest noun to the verb.- The sentence indicates that both the President and his representatives are not attending the meeting, and the verb "are" correctly agrees with the plural subject.
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