Neither of the women is ready to start the race?
OR
Neither of the women are ready to start the race?
2007-01-13 13:26:29 · 14 answers · asked by Jodi P 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
First sentence, just as many people said. "Neither" is singular and requires a singular verb. If we fully expand this sentence and include all the words that are left out, it reads:
Neither one of the women is ready to start the race.
2007-01-13 13:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither of the women is ready to start the race. Is correct.
"Neither" is the subject. "of the women" is a prepositional phrase which is Never the subject. Neither is singular and takes the singular form of the verb, "is."
When a sentence has a prepositional phrase or other adjectival phrase between the subject and the verb. Don't be fooled into choosing the verb based on anything except the subject.
2007-01-13 21:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither of the women is ready to start the race?
Subject -verb agreement
The verb of a sentence must agree with the subject in number and in person.
2007-01-13 21:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by Naemesees 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of the women is ready to start the race. The verb refers to the word "Neither" not to the word "women."
2007-01-13 21:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by Susan S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is:"Neither of the women is ready to start the race.
Most commonly neither is always singular. This rule generates "neither was . . ."; however, when one of the nouns are plural the plural is used..The reason neither is sometimes plural is easy to see when you think about it. Neither serves as the negative counterpart of either, which is usually singular. But it also serves in the same way for both, which is usually plural.
2007-01-13 22:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one
2007-01-13 21:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither of the women are ready to start the race? because there ARE (not is haha) more then one women
2007-01-13 21:29:45 · answer #7 · answered by PEACE 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Neither is singular and Is is singular
First sentence is correct
2007-01-13 21:32:34 · answer #8 · answered by October 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
since the subject is plural, "Neither of the women are ready to start the race" seems more correct
2007-01-13 21:35:10 · answer #9 · answered by buz 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
neither of the women are ready to start the race because "is"-singular,"are"-plural.
2007-01-13 21:50:27 · answer #10 · answered by christina p 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋