alleryChoose the correct form of the verb: 'Neither the teacher nor the students ___ aware of the order from Berlin until that morning.'
AHas been
BHave been
CWas
DWere
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Were
With 'neither X nor Y', the verb agrees with the NEAREST subject ('the students' = plural), so 'were'.
If reversed ('Neither the students nor the teacher'), it would be 'was'.
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