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Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.

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Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.


(A) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.

(B) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who the winner is.

(C) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who is the winner.

(D) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who is the winner.

(E) Neither I or the judge are ready to announce who is the winner.
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2020, 23:27
Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.


(A) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.

(B) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who the winner is.

(C) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who is the winner.

(D) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who is the winner.

(E) Neither I or the judge are ready to announce who is the winner.


between A & D

....who the winner is VS .....who is the winner

choose D
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2020, 10:01
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Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.

In the form Neither (either) X nor (or) Y is/are depends on whether X or Y are plural. To my knowledge (correct my if I am wrong), if either X or Y is plural then use a plural verb. Else, use a singular verb.

In this case, 'Judge' and 'I' are singular. Hence, use the verb 'is'.

Cancel B,C,E

'to announce' something is to assert something. Answer choice D is phrasing the statement as a question.

Answer A is correct.
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2020, 22:43
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In "neither X nor Y" construction, the verb will refer to the subject closes to it. In this case "I" is that subject and hence we will use the singular form "am". Had it been a plural subject in place of I, we would have used a plural verb.

B, C and E gone on the basis of split 1 (SV agreement)
D gone because "who is the winner" is not idiomatic.
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2020, 02:32
Who the winner is versus who is the winner.... How do we tackle this ??

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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   08 Nov 2020, 08:37
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Who the winner is versus who is the winner.... How do we tackle this ??

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'Who the winner is' is correct idiomatically vs 'who is the winner' which has a poor construction and structured as a question in the sentence (which is unnecessary)

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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2021, 10:11
I have studied that one must not finish the sentence with "is". Hence I went with D, not A.
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2021, 11:43
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kanishaksharma wrote:
I have studied that one must not finish the sentence with "is". Hence I went with D, not A.


Hi Kanishaksharma,

I... don't know if that's a rule, and if it is, I have never once relied on it to determine a GMAT SC question answer.
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2022, 11:37
Bunuel wrote:
Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.


(A) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.

(B) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who the winner is.

(C) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who is the winner.

(D) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who is the winner.

(E) Neither I or the judge are ready to announce who is the winner.


The sentence is not a question but a statement & hence answer should be D i.e. Who is the winner.
Kindly clarify if I am missing something.
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2022, 04:19
Due to proximity rule here, verb is decided based upon nearest subject to the verb. Since "I" is the subject here, "am" is the correct verb.. hence eliminated all without "am", i.e. B, C & E.

Stuck between A & D, not really sure how to eliminate D. Both looks equally good.
Some may say D is non-idiomatoc, but I don't really get how is it non-idiomatoc.
IMO, both of the below statements are correct:
1. We don't know who is the winner.
2. We don't know who the winner is.

Both are in sentence form and not in interrogative manner.

Someone please guide. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2022, 05:27
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aditya999 wrote:
Due to proximity rule here, verb is decided based upon nearest subject to the verb. Since "I" is the subject here, "am" is the correct verb.. hence eliminated all without "am", i.e. B, C & E.

Stuck between A & D, not really sure how to eliminate D. Both looks equally good.
Some may say D is non-idiomatoc, but I don't really get how is it non-idiomatoc.
IMO, both of the below statements are correct:
1. We don't know who is the winner.
2. We don't know who the winner is.

Both are in sentence form and not in interrogative manner.

Someone please guide. Thanks in advance.

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Hello aditya999,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option A is correct because the construction "who is the winner", is more appropriate for the interrogative form, and "who the winner is" is the appropriate construction for the declarative form.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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Re: Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is. [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2022, 05:31
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Bunuel wrote:
Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.


(A) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who the winner is.

(B) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who the winner is.

(C) Neither the judge nor I are ready to announce who is the winner.

(D) Neither the judge nor I am ready to announce who is the winner.

(E) Neither I or the judge are ready to announce who is the winner.


The sentence is not a question but a statement & hence answer should be D i.e. Who is the winner.
Kindly clarify if I am missing something.
TIA


Hello ShaikhMoice,

We hope this finds you well.

In the interest of clarity, we would like to point out that "who the winner is" is actually the more appropriate construction for a declarative (non-interrogative) sentence, so Option A is actually the best answer choice.

We hope this helps.

All the best!
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