Either my mother or my father _ coming to the meeting.
Correct answer: A. Is
- A. Is
- B. Are
- C. Are being
- D. Has
Explanation
Subject-verb agreement should be our main concern. A singular verb needs a singular subject. The word "either" in this situation implies that both the subject and the verb should be singular.
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Subject-verb agreement requires the verb to match the true subject in number and person, even when other words intervene. Questions cover collective nouns, compound subjects, indefinite pronouns, either and neither, relative clauses, quantities and inverted sentences, where proximity can falsely suggest the wrong verb.
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