WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IS THE SUBECT-VERB AGREEMENT correct?
A. The sound of the waves are drowning out their cities for help.
B. Either Jim or I am going to the convention.
C. Neither Carol nor her children is coming to the reunion.
D. There is too many people to fit into this small room.
ANSWER IS B.
AM I CORRECT
none of these sentences as written are correct. Are you sure that you copied them down correctly?
THESE ARE THE EXACT ANSWERS I HAVE FROM THE TEXT BOOK
There is one that is correct, but it's tricky.
B is correct.
When you have an either...or... situation with the subjects, the verb matches whichever subject is closer to it. In this case "Jim" and "I" are the subjects, and in that sentence "am" is the verb that goes with "I" -- do you see it?
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm#correlative_conjunctions
Yes, you are correct. Sentence B, "Either Jim or I am going to the convention," has the correct subject-verb agreement.
To determine the correct subject-verb agreement, you need to identify the subject and the verb in each sentence and ensure they agree in terms of number (singular or plural).
In Sentence A, "The sound of the waves are drowning out their cities for help," the subject is "the sound," which is singular. However, the verb "are" is plural. To correct the subject-verb agreement, it should be "The sound of the waves is drowning out their cities for help."
In Sentence C, "Neither Carol nor her children is coming to the reunion," the subject is "neither Carol nor her children," which is singular. The verb "is" is also singular, so the subject-verb agreement is correct.
In Sentence D, "There is too many people to fit into this small room," the subject is "there," which is singular. However, the verb "is" is used with the plural noun "people." To correct the subject-verb agreement, it should be "There are too many people to fit into this small room."