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Directions: Select the best verb or verbs to agree with the subject. If the sentence is correct as is, then select

"Correct" as your answer. Some questions you may have multiple correct answers,
Neither of my little brothers believe in Santa Claus.
a. Correct
b. believes

User Giorgos
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Answer:

b. Believes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Subject-verb agreement refers to the use of the same number for the subject and the verb used. In other words, the subject-verb agreement means the subject and the verb are the same in number, meaning a singular subject will have a singular verb, a plural subject will have a plural verb, etc.

In the given sentence, the subject is "neither of my little brothers". This means it is a singular subject, referring to none of the brothers. Thus, according to the subject-verb agreement, the verb will be in the singular too.

Therefore, the correct sentence will be

Neither of my little brothers believes in Santa Claus.

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