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True or False: The following sentence has a subject-verb disagreement: "Either my grandfather or my siblings are coming to the party."

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False - there is no subject-verb disagreement as "...my siblings are coming to the party" is correct. It is plural as in "are" because the nearest subject is plural as in "my siblings".

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False

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The verb is plural if either subject (grandfather of siblings) is plural, and siblings is plural.

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