Neither (A) the midlife career applicant nor (B) the young, inexperienced applicant are(C) finding it easy to begin (D) a career.
Correct answer: C. are
- A. Neither
- B. nor
- C. are
- D. to begin
Explanation
"Neither...nor" is a correlative conjunction that connects two singular nouns or phrases, and the verb should agree with the singular subject.- The subject of the sentence is the compound subject "the midlife career applicant nor the young, inexperienced applicant", which is singular, so the verb "is" should be used instead of "are".
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