Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

Neither of the proposed amendments ______ likely to pass given the council's current ideological divisions.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A
$is$
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B
$were$
C
$are$
D
$have been$

Explanation

"Neither" is grammatically singular, requiring a singular verb: "is."

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