This sentence makes use of a compound subject (two subject nouns joined together by or). ... SUBJECT-VERB RULE #2 – Two or more

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SINGULAR subjects joined by or (or nor) act as a singular compound subject and, therefore, take a singular verb to agree.

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tatyana61 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-07T00:08:12+03:00

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If one or more singular subjects are joined to one or more plural subjects by or (or nor), the subject closest to the verb determines agreement.