Which of the following violate the rule of subject-verb agreement? How would you correct the errors?
Either Sue or I are supposed to respond.
Is it supposed to be:
Either Sue or I am supposed to respond.
OR
Either Sue or I were supposed to respond.
?
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the second one.
Anonymous is correct. The second one is not right. It puts the verb in the past tense and is plural. With the construction of "either . . . or" you need a singular verb. Since "I" is closer to the verb, "am" is the correct verb.
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