【问】 Neither Jone nor her brothers____a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
 (A) need (B) needs
 (C) is needing (D) has need
 请问答案(A)与(B)哪一个正确?
 【答】 应牢记：在使用并列连词or，either... or和neither... nor来连接主语时，必须根据靠近原则(即根据最靠近谓语动词的词语)来确定动词的人称。
 1. Neither you，nor I，nor anyone else knows the answer. (CGEL)
 无论是你，是我，还是其他任何人都不知道答案。
 2. Neither he nor they are wholly right.
 无论他还是他们都不全对。
 3. Neither you nor he is to blame.
 无论你还是他都没有过错。
 4. Either Tim or his brothers have to shovel the snow.
 蒂姆或是他兄弟们必须去铲雪。
 5. Neither John nor the twins know how to spell the word “alligator.”(DAI)
 无论是约翰，还是那对孪生子都不知道如何拼写“alligator”(鳄鱼)这个词。
 这是托福等考题经常考核的内容：
 1. Neither Russia nor the United States able to a mutually

gradual disarmament. (TOEFL)
 2. Neither rain snow nor sleet the postman delivering our letters which weso much to receiving. (TOEFL)
 3. Neither tears protest decision. (TOEFL 70. 6)
 4. Neither he (CEG， P. 503)
 5. the teacher the students introduced to dean.(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，82A)
 这里应当指出，在非正式用法中，有时也能见到谓语动词一律使用复数的情况。这种用法已得到英语语法学家们的普遍认可：
 1. Neither he nor his wife have arrived. (CGEL)
 无论是他还是他的妻子都还没有到达。
 2. Neither painting nor fighting feed men. (Raskin )
 既不是绘画也不是战斗在哺育男人。
 3. Neither James nor Virginia were at home. (PEU)
 詹姆斯和弗吉尼亚都没有在家。