Question: #10: Answer B is incorrect. Common error. The rule requires that the verb must agree with the subject, NOT with the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase is to be totally ignored. The subject, then, is "none," which is of course singular. So, the correct answer is A. #15: Yes, answer B is correct, but your explanation is in error. In a "neither/nor" sentence, where we have both a plural and a singular subject, the verb DOES NOT always agree with the plural subject -- the rule is that the verb agrees with the NEAREST subject. For example: "Neither the parents nor the student was satisfied." And "Neither the student nor his parents were satisfied." Your explanation for #36 confirms this. #29: The correct expression would be "on such short notice."
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#10: Answer B is incorrect. Common error.
The rule requires that the verb must agree with the subject, NOT
with the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase is to be
totally ignored. The subject, then, is "none," which is of course
singular. So, the correct answer is A.
#15: Yes, answer B is correct, but your explanation is in error.
In a "neither/nor" sentence, where we have both a plural and a
singular subject, the verb DOES NOT always agree with the
plural subject -- the rule is that the verb agrees with the
NEAREST subject. For example:
"Neither the parents nor the student was satisfied." And
"Neither the student nor his parents were satisfied."
Your explanation for #36 confirms this.
#29: The correct expression would be "on such short notice."