SUBJECT-VERB RULE<span> #2 – Two or more SINGULAR</span>subjects<span> joined by or (or nor) act as a singular compound </span>subject<span> and, therefore, take a singular </span>verb<span>to agree. Note: Two or more plural </span>subjects<span> joined by or (or nor) would naturally take a plural </span>verb<span> to agree. However, or and nor can pose a more difficult problem</span>
As the narrator deducts money from yulias pay in the ninny the main way that he justifies to her that he is correct and she is not is be saying that she has done poor work.
