SAT Reading & Writing · Form, Structure, and Sense
Neither the original blueprint nor any of the later revisions ______ how the building's foundation would handle the region's shifting soil.
Neither the original blueprint nor any of the later revisions ______ how the building's foundation would handle the region's shifting soil.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer and explanation
Answer: C: addresses
In a "neither/nor" construction, the verb agrees with whichever subject is closer to it, which here is "any of the later revisions." Because "any" in this context functions as singular when referring to a set of documents each failing individually to address the issue, and because "revisions" functions as the object of the prepositional phrase instead of the grammatical subject itself, the sentence's closer subject noun is effectively singular in construction, calling for *addresses*. *Address* is plural and would only be correct if the closer subject were plural. *Addressing* is not a finite verb and cannot serve as the sentence's main verb. *Has addressed* shifts to present perfect without any signal in the sentence calling for that tense.
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