http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeitherCentralConditioningFansHotel/zqrln/post.htm#496413Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:07:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496413Viceidol0http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeitherCentralConditioningFansHotel/zqrln/post.htm#496413http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-496413.xml<p>Thank you for the information!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeitherCentralConditioningFansHotel/zqrlj/post.htm#496409Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:53:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496409Marius Hancu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeitherCentralConditioningFansHotel/zqrlj/post.htm#496409http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-496409.xml<p>Yes. &nbsp;</p> <div><h2><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=V_kbAAAAMAAJ&amp;q=%22There+were+neither+fans%22&amp;dq=%22There+were+neither+fans%22">The Waterless Moon - Page 101</a></h2><font><span><span>by Elizabeth Balneaves - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?q=+subject:%22Pakistan%22">Pakistan</a> - 1977 - 175 pages</span><br /><div><b>There were neither fans</b> nor light nor any form of sanitation or washing facilities. </div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; <div><h2><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=lfnSsCYy50EC&amp;pg=PA153&amp;dq=%22There+were+neither+fans%22&amp;sig=jh6gv0FQjhO7LpkGrdq9j4G8lEw">Lily Lewis: Sketches of a Canadian Journalist: A Biocritical Study - Page 153</a></h2> <div><font><span><span>by Margaret Kathleen Martin - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?q=+subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography%22">Biography &amp; Autobiography</a> - 2006 - 284 pages</span></span></font></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <font><span><div><b>There were neither fans</b> nor bits of silk about, and the well-used books stood <br /> looking peacefully out at us from homely shelves, infinitely more dignified, <b>...</b></div></span></font></div> </div></span></font></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeitherCentralConditioningFansHotel/zqrlg/post.htmFri, 04 Apr 2008 00:45:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496406Viceidol2http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeitherCentralConditioningFansHotel/zqrlg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-496406.xml<p>There <u><strong>was</strong> neither central air conditioning</u> nor fans in the hotel. </p> <p>There <u><strong>were</strong> neither fans</u> nor&nbsp;central air conditioningin the hotel. </p> <p>I think the two sentences are both correct in&nbsp;their&nbsp;verbs. &quot;Was&quot;&nbsp;agrees with the singular noun (central air conditioning), and &quot;were&quot; agrees with the plural noun (fans), am I right?</p> <p>Thank you for your replies.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>