<p>which is correct</p>
<li>neither of the boys are/neither of the boys is</li>
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<p>and also</p>
<li>neither John nor his family were/neither john nor his family was</li>
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<p>i would say is/was…but im not sure(since they are all singular)</p>
<p>for neither nor, the verb agrees with second noun right?</p>
<li>so like what would neither john nor the students were/neither john nor the students was</li>
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<p>thats were right?</p>
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<li>I think “neither…is” is right, because the subject is neither, “of the boys” is just a prepostitional phrase. Since “is” agrees with neither, it’s right.</li>
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<p>2.I think you’re right about the second one.</p>
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<li>Should be “were”, because “students” is plural, and agreement with second noun is correct.</li>
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<li>neither/are</li>
<li>neither/was</li>
<li>neither/were</li>
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<p>mulberry is right,</p>
<p>book worm is an epic fail</p>
<p>here is a good explanation on neither/nor
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<p>^ I disagree. Even though it applies most of the time.
If you follow that rule, that would mean that #2 would be neither/were. Which isn’t the case.</p>
<p>Isn’t “family” supposed to be technically a singular noun? Yes, I’m aware that family means that there is more than one person, but since it’s a group, it is singular? So shouldn’t it be neither…was?</p>
<p>^ haha, yeah i guess it’s considered one entity. so yeah, it’s neither/was either way.</p>
<p>mulbery and strangeindianfoo fail</p>
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<li>neither is/was because neither means “not either” and dont say either are/were you say either is/was</li>
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<p>bookworm was right</p>
<p>for example</p>
<p>neither mulbery nor strangeindianfoo knows what he or she is talking about</p>
<p>capiche?
thanks</p>