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Re: Pokémon Go, a game that brings the fictional world [#permalink]
B C D has wrong usage of neither..nor idiom.

Amongst A and E, neither...nor construction takes up the No. of the Verb same as to the closest Noun...'has' should match with a singular Noun. A has it. A correct.

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A is correct.

B and C have 'neither...nor' idiom issue.

'Has piqued' is the correct tense.

In E, 'Its competitors' is confusing, whether 'its' refer to Pokemon or Apple.

A is clear and best answer.



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Yes i agree with A because Apple "has"

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AjiteshArun wrote:
Pokémon Go, a game that brings the fictional world of Pokémon into the real world, has piqued consumer interest in augmented reality, a technology that neither Apple’s competitors nor Apple itself has been able to incorporate into a successful product, application, or service till now.

(A) has piqued consumer interest in augmented reality, a technology that neither Apple’s competitors nor Apple itself

(B) piqued consumer interest in augmented reality, a technology that neither Apple’s competitors and Apple itself

(C) had piqued consumer interest in augmented reality, a technology that neither Apple or its competitors

(D) had piqued consumer interest in augmented reality, a technology which neither of Apple nor its competitors

(E) has piqued consumer interest in augmented reality, a technology that neither Apple nor its competitors


From the original sentence, we know that the new technology in Pokémon Go still remains, so we refer perfect simple here. Eliminate B, C and D.

correct idiom is "neither X nor Y", so B and C is wrong.

The verb must agree with Y, so in E, "its competitors" must go with "have", not "has". Eliminate E.

A is correct.


Awesome question,
Initially I chose E, but after reading your explanation , understand why it should be A.
Competitors does not agree with the verb " has " hence E is wrong.
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akanksha.setiya wrote:
I would go with E.
Because in A there is repetition of Apple's and Apple. Whereas E eliminates that by providing a pronoun 'its '.
Its- refers to Apple's.


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I think it is A, because in "Apple's Competitors", Apple's is a possessive noun. It is not redundant just because it uses the same word twice. They have two completely different meanings. With E, whenever you are using the "Neither ... Nor ...." construction, the number of the verb should be the same as the number of the closest subject to the verb. So "its competitors" is plural, and therefore "has" should be plural as well. Saying "Apple's Competitors nor Apple itself has" fixes the subject-verb number agreement error.

Hope this helps!
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