<p>In this sentence, what's wrong;</p>
<p>Of the two options, neither the system of delivering packages nor the process of receiving them are entirely satisfactory.</p>
<p>Is the "of the" part wrong, or what? Thanks.</p>
<p>yes it is
it sounds awkward and redundant</p>
<p>No, change 'are' to 'is'.</p>
<p>Correct, "are" should be "is" .</p>
<p>Is it because "is" is referring to "neither"?</p>
<p>Neither is singular, so is has agree with it.</p>
<p>The noun before the verb determines if it's singular or plural.</p>
<p>In this case, "process" turns out to be singular.</p>
<p>Therefore, it is "is."</p>
<p>I'm sorry. I'm afraid I stil don't understand it much. Isn't the verb in the sentence "are"? So the noun before it is them, right? Could you please explain it? Thanks.</p>
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I'm sorry. I'm afraid I stil don't understand it much. Isn't the verb in the sentence "are"? So the noun before it is them, right? Could you please explain it? Thanks.
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<p>It was "is," but it seems you edited your post somehow.</p>
<p>The sentence is this:
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Of the two options, neither the system of delivering packages nor the process of receiving them are entirely satisfactory.
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<p>From what the CCers say, the "are" should be is. One of them said</p>
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The noun before the verb determines if it's singular or plural.</p>
<p>In this case, "process" turns out to be singular.</p>
<p>Therefore, it is "is."
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<p>I was thinking "are" was the verb in the sentence. The noun before "are" is "them", which is plural...ooh...I'm geeting confused.
I was thinking the verb is</p>
<p>WOW, I just made that up, sorry legolas, no offense, confusion + 5.</p>
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I was thinking "are" was the verb in the sentence. The noun before "are" is "them", which is plural...ooh...I'm geeting confused.
I was thinking the verb is
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<p>No, the nouns are "the system" and "the process," they are separated by "nor". </p>
<p>"of receiving them" is the preposition of the noun "the process".</p>
<p>Neither (plural things) nor (singular thing) (singular verb)</p>
<p>Neither (singular thing) nor (plural things) (plural verb) </p>
<p>Just follow that.</p>
<p>it's right. and I think the "are" should be "is"
like this sentence:</p>
<p>of the 3 idiots, neither the first nor the second IS a freak.</p>
<p>(the sentence talks about 2 people but you use is instead of are)</p>
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Neither (plural things) nor (singular thing) (singular verb)</p>
<p>Neither (singular thing) nor (plural things) (plural verb)</p>
<p>Just follow that.
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Sorry, I didn't understand that. What does plural things/singular things mean? Could you give me an examlpe? Thanks.</p>
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No, the nouns are "the system" and "the process," they are separated by "nor".</p>
<p>"of receiving them" is the preposition of the noun "the process".
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Oh. I see. So, "of delivering packages" is also a prepositional phrase.</p>
<p>Is this rule correct all the time?
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The noun before the verb determines if it's singular or plural.</p>
<p>In this case, "process" turns out to be singular.</p>
<p>Therefore, it is "is."
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<p>That's how I learned ^.</p>
<p>well...uh, could someone please answer my question on the previous page? thanks.</p>
<p>Neither (plural things) nor (singular thing) (singular verb)</p>
<p>Neither (singular thing) nor (plural things) (plural verb)</p>
<p>Ex. Neither notebooks nor a bottle of water is useful for taking SAT.</p>
<p>Ex. Neither a soccer ball nor pairs of soccer shoes were sold in Kroger.</p>
<p>Something like that.</p>
<p>are you sure the 1st example seems wrong.</p>
<p> Neither Olivia nor the boys eat mushrooms.
Neither the boys nor Olivia eats mushrooms.</p>
<p>How's that?</p>
<p>That's from Sparknotes.</p>