Identify the grammatical error in the sentence: 'Neither the manager nor the employees...
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Identify the grammatical error in the sentence: 'Neither the manager nor the employees knows about the delay.'
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Answer: A. knows (should be 'know' because 'employees' is plural)
With correlative conjunctions 'neither...nor', the verb agrees in number with the closer subject ('employees', which is plural, requiring 'know').
Step-by-step Derivation:
Step 1: Proximity rule for neither...nor: verb agrees with the subject closest to it.
Step 2: 'employees' is plural, so the verb must be plural: 'know'.