English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
CONCORD
The online teacher and leader of the Gabian movement ~teach~ in LASU (nonstandard).
The online teacher and leader of the Gabian movement *teaches* in LASU (standard).
When two or more nouns refer to the same person, the singular verb is used. You can tell that two or more nouns refer to the same person when only the first noun has an article:
*The HoD and the chief examiner are* here (the HoD is different from the chief examiner). ✅
*The HoD and chief examiner is* here (the HoD is the same person as the chief examiner). ✅
Neither he nor I ~are~ at fault (nonstandard).
Neither he nor I ~is~ at fault (nonstandard).
Neither he nor I *am* at fault (standard).
When correlative conjunctions such “either…or” and “neither…nor” are used, the verb agrees with the noun or pronoun just before it.
GAB
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