Sentence Correction (SC) | As the results of the referendum were tallied, neither the prime

VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

One decision point that should jump out at you as you scan the answer choices is the difference between "was surprised" and "were surprised." In a neither/nor (or either/or) construction, the noun after "nor" (or "or") is the noun that controls the singularity/plurality of the subject. So as you decide between "was" (singular) and "were" (plural), you should look at the noun after "nor."

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