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

Question

(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.

winterschool · Answer

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

DinoPen · Answer

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.

ravigupta2912 · Answer

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.

B, C and E gone on the basis of split 1 (SV agreement)
D gone because "who is the winner" is not idiomatic.

ShankSouljaBoi · Answer

Who the winner is versus who is the winner.... How do we tackle this ??

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Sayantan1604 · Answer

'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)

If you understood that explanation, do give kudos. Otherwise I am ready to solve any further doubts as well

kanishaksharma · Answer

I have studied that one must not finish the sentence with "is". Hence I went with D, not A.

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

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.

ShaikhMoice · Answer

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

aditya999 · Answer

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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ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

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!
Experts' Global Team

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

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!
Experts' Global Team

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