Choose the correctly edited sentence.
Correct answer: B. Neither of the two options is acceptable to the committee.
- A. Neither of the two options are acceptable to the committee.
- B. Neither of the two options is acceptable to the committee.
- C. Neither of the two option is acceptable to the committee.
- D. Neither of the two options were acceptable to the committee.
Explanation
Neither is singular and controls the verb, so is is required, and the noun after of must be plural. Options that change both at once, or neither, fail on one count or the other. This pattern appears in almost every proofreading section.
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