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Identify the sentence that has correct subjectdash–verb agreement.

a. Neither of those cars get good mileage.
b. Neither of those cars gets good mileage.
c. Neither of those cars gots good mileage.
d. Neither of those cars does get good mileage.

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"neither" requires a singular form: so a) is wrong.

b) is correct!

c) has the problem that "got" is the past of "get" and -s ending cannot be added to the past- incorrect!

d) actually it's also correct (but b is better) - this structure used for emphasis that the statement is true.
User Emad Armoun
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The answer to your question would be that the sentence that has a correct subject dash-verb agreement is the following one: Neither of those cars gets good mileage. That is, the correct option would be B.

When "neither" is used as a pronoun and as the subject of the sentence or clause (and it's the only subject), it takes a singular form.

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