Q010
To help Mom, either Tameka or her brothers sets
the table and fill the glasses for their dinner.
Change ...
A. sets > set
B. fill > fills
C. their > her
D. No change needed
Because of the correlative conjunction either …
or, the subject Tameka does not count; only the
subject brothers does. Brothers needs a plural
verb for agreement, and set does the job.
Brothers, the subject that counts, is plural, and
fill is a plural verb, so no error has occurred.
With the correlative conjunctions either
… or, you count the antecedent that is
closer to the pronoun. The noun brothers
is nearer their, and agreement reigns.
Yikes! You must find the mistake!