Doubts - SC- SV Agreement

Question

Kindly help me on the SV agreement for the following sentences::

1: Either a slice of toast or eggs (is/are) what I will eat for breakfast.
2: This is one of those (Book / books) that (was/were) published last year.

Answers in my opinion:: 
1: Either a slice of toast or eggs are what I will eat for breakfast --> Though "either/or" goes with a singular verb, but the second option is plural hence I chose the plural verb "are"
2: This is one of those books that was published last year --> Though "One of" goes with a singular verb, I'm not sure of my answer.

Please correct me with explanations  !!!!

CEdward · Answer

1: Either a slice of toast or eggs (is/ are ) what I will eat for breakfast.
2: This is one of those (Book /  books ) that ( was /were) published last year.
-'one' is a singular indefinite pronoun and so 'was' is correct; you have to use the plural 'books' because it makes no sense to say this is one of THOSE book

Rule: the singularity/plurality of a verb must match that of the closest noun whenever 'or' is the conjunction.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Nice SC. Wondering if there some specific Official SCs you faced some issues on.

bansalgaurav · Answer

Thank you  CEdward . Well, I found a rule, that would complement your suggestion.
To add::

When two subjects connected by "or ,nor" are of different numbers, the  plural subject should be written last  and  it should be followed by a plural verb .

ramlala · Answer

Kindly help me on the SV agreement for the following sentences::

1: Either a slice of toast or eggs (is/are) what I will eat for breakfast.
2: This is one of those (Book / books) that (was/were) published last year.

Answers in my opinion:: 
1: Either a slice of toast or eggs are what I will eat for breakfast --> Though "either/or" goes with a singular verb, but the second option is plural hence I chose the plural verb "are"
2: This is one of those books that was published last year --> Though "One of" goes with a singular verb, I'm not sure of my answer.

Please correct me with explanations  !!!!

Your both answers are correct with explainations.

KEEP IT UP.

CEdward · Answer

So I looked at this again. Not sure where the sentence is from, but it should be:

This is one of  the  books that was published last year

Throwing the 'those' in there creates confusion, it's better written with the article 'the'. The emphasis should be on that one book that was singled out, not 'those' books that were published last year.

Doubts - SC- SV Agreement

Prep Toolkit

Top 5 GMAT Debrief Videos

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards