Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement

Medium Language And Composition Grammar And Mechanics

Examine the following sentence:

Neither the professor nor the students was eager to discuss the controversial topic during class.

Which option corrects the grammatical error in the sentence?

Neither the professor nor the students were eager to discuss the controversial topic during class.

Neither the professor nor the students are eager to discuss the controversial topic during class.

Neither the professor nor the students has been eager to discuss the controversial topic during class.

Neither the professor nor the students is eager to discuss the controversial topic during class.

Neither the professor nor the students might be eager to discuss the controversial topic during class.

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