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Read the following advanced sentence containing multiple clauses and intricate grammatical structures:"Not only did the chief executive officer announce sweeping structural reforms and operational downsizing during the heated conference, but she also explicitly stated that neither the regional managers nor the head of operations were consulted regarding the implementation timeline."Identify the segment containing the grammatical error, or determine if the sentence is entirely correct.
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✗ Not quite — the correct answer is highlighted above.
Detailed Explanation
The error lies in option (c) where the verb 'were' is incorrectly used. According to the rule of subject-verb agreement with correlative conjunctions (such as neither...nor or either...or), when two subjects are joined by 'nor', the verb must agree with the nearer subject. In this clause, the subjects are 'the regional managers' (plural) and 'the head of operations' (singular, acting as the closer subject). Therefore, the singular verb 'was' must be used instead of 'were'. The corrected segment should read: 'that neither the regional managers nor the head of operations was consulted'.
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