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Read the sentence. neither he nor his students _____ greek, so the assistants or the librarian _____ the ancient texts. which pair of verb forms correctly completes the sentence?

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read, translates are the right ones
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The pair should be SPEAKS for the first space and the second TRANSLATE. The first verb is used in the singular form because of the ise of NEITHER NOR whicj requires it. The second option is a plural form as in one of the options coordinated by OR there is a plural subject.

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