Identify the sentence that has correct subject-verb agreement. A. She said that neither fruit nor vegetables was very fresh at the market. B. She said that neither vegetables nor fruit were very fresh at the market. C. She said that neither fruit nor vegetables were very fresh at the market. D. She said that neither vegetables nor fruit have been very fresh at the market.

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Deja Bridges

23 December, 23:37

Identify the sentence that has correct subject-verb agreement. A. She said that neither fruit nor vegetables was very fresh at the market. B. She said that neither vegetables nor fruit were very fresh at the market. C. She said that neither fruit nor vegetables were very fresh at the market. D. She said that neither vegetables nor fruit have been very fresh at the market.

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Leo Patton · Answer 1

C. She said that neither fruit nor vegetables were very fresh at the market.

Explanation:

The correct subject-verb agreement is noticed in the underlined clause. In that clause, the subject is neither fruit nor vegetables and due to a rule of proximity the main verb should be in the plural form. This is the reason why the predicate of the clause runs:were very fresh, being the last noun of the subject vegetables.