Quick Grammar SAT Question

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<p>Why is this sentence wrong?</p>

<p>According to the band leader, neither the outdoor cafe not the amphitheaters located outside the mall provides a good spot for the band to make its debut.</p>

<p>The correct answer is: provide instead of provides</p>

<p>I don't get it. I thought if there is a neither...nor clause in a sentence, it should be treated as a singular?</p>

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<p>I believe it’s because the second word ‘amphitheaters’ is plural and so the verb has to be ‘provide’ to match the second word.</p>

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<p>So that means that whenever there is a neither…nor, we refer to the second object to know whether to use plural or singular for the verb?</p>