Correcting Verb Agreement in a Compound Subject

Very Hard Standard English Conventions Conventions Of Usage

Read the following sentence and choose the option that correctly fixes the usage error:

Neither the professor nor the students was prepared for the examination, they had not realized its difficulty.

Neither the professor nor the students were prepared for the examination; they had not realized its difficulty.

Neither the professor nor the students was prepare for the examination, they had not realized its difficulty.

Neither the professor nor the students was prepared for the examination, they had not realize its difficulty.

Neither the professor nor the students are prepared for the examination, they have not realized its difficulty.

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