,whichmeans“noteitheroftwo things,”isgrammaticallysingularandis thereforeusedwithasingularverb: Neitheranswerisright./Neitheroneishere. However,whenweuse(beforea pluralnounorpronoun),informalspeechand inwriting,weuseasingularverb.Yet,in speechandinformalwriting,people sometimesuseapluralverb.
Neitherofthemhasacar.
Neitheroftheanswersisright.
Neitherofuslikestea
Neitherofthemhaveacar.
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Neitheroftheanswersareright.
Neitherofusliketea.
(twosingularsubjects)
Theverbisnormallysingularinaformalstyle,butcanbepluralinan informalstyle:
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Neithershenorherhusbandhasarrived.(formal)
Neithershenorherhusbandhavearrived.(informal)
(onesubjectissingularandtheotherplural)
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Thegeneralruleisthattheverbshouldagreewiththeclosestnoun:
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Neithertheteachernorthestudentshavethetickets.
Neitherthestudentsnortheteacherhasthetickets.