Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » VMware http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:09:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Neither/nor and verb agreement http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/neithernor-and-verb-agreement/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/neithernor-and-verb-agreement/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:32:40 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/?p=550 typing Which is correct?
Neither Microsoft nor VMware _____ that open source products pose a challenge.
a. deny
b. denies

Answer: b

Explanation: When two singular subjects are joined by or or nor, use the singular verb form.

On Seeing Indigo, Hannah Kingrey discusses issues with subject/verb agreement.

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