Neither the servants nor the clerk has done this ........

General English Error correction

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Neither the servants nor the clerk has done this.

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Neither the servants

nor the clerk

has done this

No error

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Explanation:

- In the sentence, "Neither the servants nor the clerk has done this," the grammatical rule for "neither... nor" is that the verb should agree with the nearest subject.

- Option 1: Neither the servants - initiates the compound subject, and the use of "neither" with "nor" is appropriate.

- Option 2: nor the clerk - correctly follows "neither" and determines the verb's agreement due to proximity.

- Option 3: has done this - agrees with the singular "clerk," making it correct.

- Option 4: No error - the sentence is free from grammatical errors based on the rule for subject-verb agreement. Correct Answer