There was neither central air conditioning nor fans in the hotel.

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Viceidol

#496406 Fri, 04 Apr 08 01:45 AM

There was neither central air conditioning nor fans in the hotel.

There were neither fans nor central air conditioningin the hotel.

I think the two sentences are both correct in their verbs. "Was" agrees with the singular noun (central air conditioning), and "were" agrees with the plural noun (fans), am I right?

Thank you for your replies.

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Marius Hancu

#496409 Fri, 04 Apr 08 01:53 AM

Yes.

The Waterless Moon - Page 101

by Elizabeth Balneaves - Pakistan - 1977 - 175 pages

There were neither fans nor light nor any form of sanitation or washing facilities.

Lily Lewis: Sketches of a Canadian Journalist: A Biocritical Study - Page 153

by Margaret Kathleen Martin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 284 pages

There were neither fans nor bits of silk about, and the well-used books stood
looking peacefully out at us from homely shelves, infinitely more dignified, ...

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Viceidol

#496413 Fri, 04 Apr 08 02:07 AM

Thank you for the information!

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