Subject-Verb Agreement with Neither

Very Hard Standard English Conventions Conventions Of Usage

In a conference on environmental issues, a noted speaker stated the following:

Neither of the solutions proposed by the panel were effective in addressing the climate crisis.

Which of the following revisions correctly adheres to the conventions of standard English regarding subject-verb agreement?

Neither of the solutions proposed by the panel was effective in addressing the climate crisis.

Neither of the solutions proposed by the panel is effective in addressing the climate crisis.

Neither of the solutions proposed by the panels was effective in addressing the climate crisis.

Neither of the solutions proposed by the panel were effective in addressing climate crises.

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