Question

Fill in the blanks with the correct option.
In this game, you ____ win ___ lose. There is nothing in between.
(a)so; that
(b)either; or
(c)neither; nor
(d)either; nor

Answer 1

Hint: Subject-verb agreement must accord in number. Either both the subject and verb should be singular or both should be plural in number. We use ‘either-or’ to indicate a choice.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, we need to maintain the subject-verb agreement relationship in the above-given sentence.
Example- She has many pens. Here, we have used the third person singular verb, ‘has’ with the third person singular pronoun, ‘she’ to form subject-verb agreement.
In the given question- We can conclude that in this game, you either win or lose. There is nothing in between. Here, we have used ‘either-or’ to indicate two possibilities.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
(a)‘so; that’ is an incorrect option because it is used as a subordinate clause that is used to indicate an explanation for something.
(b)‘either; or’ is the correct option because it is used to give two possibilities.
(c)‘neither; nor’ is an incorrect option because it is used in a negative sentence to indicate two or more things that are not going to happen.
(d)‘either; nor’ is an incorrect option because we do not use either with nor.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note: If two singular subjects have been joined with the help of either/or, the verb we use is also singular in form. Also, keep in mind that the verb depends on the subject and not on the object.