The following sentence is divided into parts. One of these parts may contain a grammatical error. Identify the part with the error.

Neither the supervisor nor the workers (A)/ has received (B)/ the updated safety manuals (C)/ from the administration yet. (D)/ No error

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The following sentence is divided into parts. One of these parts may contain a grammatical error. Identify the part with the error.

Neither the supervisor nor the workers (A)/ has received (B)/ the updated safety manuals (C)/ from the administration yet. (D)/ No error

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**Solution:**

1. The error is found in part (B) "has received".

2. The subject of the sentence is "Neither the supervisor nor the workers".

3. According to the subject-verb agreement rule for "neither...nor" constructions, the verb must agree with the subject closest to it.

4. Here, "workers" is plural and is the subject nearer to the verb, so the verb should be plural as well: "have received" instead of "has received".

**Grammatical rule:**
- In sentences with "neither...nor", the verb agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it.

**Example:**
- Neither the teacher nor the students **have** completed the project.
- Neither the students nor the teacher **has** completed the project.

**Additional note:**
- This proximity rule also applies to similar constructions such as "either...or" and "not only...but also" when determining subject-verb agreement.

**Answer:** (b)

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