Grammar Rules _ Speak Good English Movement

Two singular nouns or pronouns separated by either ... or
or neither ... nor take a singular verb.
E.g.
• Either he or she has eaten the cake.
• Neither Meera nor Gopal knows
anything about the accident.
Amounts, even if plural, have a singular verb.
E.g.
• Sixty dollars is too much to pay for that dress.
• Ten kilometres is too long a distance for me to walk.
• Five kilogrammes of flour is all that I need for
my baking.
There are some occasions when we should use plural
verbs. When two or more plural subjects are connected
by and, the verb is plural.
E.g.
• The officers and their men were patrolling the area.
• Domestic cats and dogs need adequate care
and attention.
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