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Problem 1 - Olympiad
Identify the grammatically correct sentence.
A. Neither the students nor the teacher was ready.
B. Neither the students nor the teacher were ready.
C. Neither the students or the teacher was ready.
D. Neither the students nor the teacher was been ready.
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Correct: A
The subject-verb agreement rule states that when two singular nouns are joined by 'either...or' or 'neither...nor,' the verb agrees with the nearer subject. Here, 'teacher' (singular) is nearer to 'nor,' so the verb is singular ('was').