Question

Which of the following sentences correctly uses subject-verb agreement?
A.
Neither Muenster nor Swiss cheese comes from goats' milk.
B.
Neither Muenster nor Swiss cheese come from goats' milk.
C.
Neither Muenster nor Swiss cheese have come from goats' milk.
D.
Neither Muenster nor Swiss cheese are from goats' milk.

Answer 1

Now lets look at C. when you read the sentence you trip up on the word have because it does not belong and does not make sense. SO it is not C

Answer 2

Now we are left with B and D. Does this make sense so far?

Answer 3

yeah i think so, sorry i hadn't replied earlier i was working on my math homework

Answer 4

Oh thats fine lol. I think I might be doing this wrong hold on

Answer 5

lol, kay

Answer 6

Yeah I did okay. You use the word that agrees with the closest subject to it

Answer 7

So you take off the first part of the sentence and if it makes sense than it is correct so: Swiss cheese comes from goats' milk. now that sounds pretty good right? The Answer is A

Answer 8

ooohh okay, thank you ^___^

Answer 9

yeah :) sorry for the confusion http://www.towson.edu/ows/sub-verb.htm this explains it pretty well