هذه الجملة موجودة في Practice Test 3b هل بها خطأ ؟ وما هى الاجابة وليه؟
Thanks in advance

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ازي حضرتك أستاذ محسن.
هوا مينفعش كمعني غير none of
They are all at work

آسف أقصد Neither of

اعتقد انها ستكون neither ولكنare مفروض تبقي is ،،،،،،الجمله دى غريبه ،،منور الدنيا يا استانا

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.In an informal style, a plural verb is possible
.Example

.Neither of my sisters are married

(Practical English Usage)

Thanks a lot for being interested in my question. But a question is still there: Do we teach the standard language or the slang (colloquial) one? We should stick to the books language, not to the street one? Am I right or not

I see that the sentence should be rewritten correctly as the use of the plural verb is not correct at all
The sentence should be
Neither of my parents is at home......

you know this is the first edition
i think they will correct it later

the sentence should be (is) not (are ) at all as we deal with standard Britsh English

neither of them is/are sick
this structure is in common use
it's not a wrong one

(the sentence should be written correctly ( Neither of my parents is at home

Neither of my parents are at home

Neither of my parents is at home


both are right
تنفع بعد (neither of ) الفعل ييجي مفرد او جمع الاثنين صح .... بس الاكثر انتشارا .. انه بيكون مفرد .......بس الاثنين صح

........It's clear : Neither of my parents are at

هو نسخة كتاب اللي اتوزع عندنا في المدرسة فيه الجملة مختلفة في النصف الثاني منها ونموذج الإجابة بنفس التغيير...بس أعتقد انه نسي يعدل الإجابة نفسها علشان تبقي BOTH
ملحوظة: هي Neither بتاخد الاتنين ود مذكور في كتيير من الكتب

الحل طبعا Neither كده الجمله معناها ولا احد من اولياء الامور فى المنزل لانهم كانوا فى العمل

السلام عليكم الاجابة المناسبة Neither
وليس هناك مشكلة لغوية في are لانها مستخدمة لغويا ولكن غير رسمية قليلا
وشائعة في American English

You have to look at the book first then you can write the question correctly as it is found in the workbook p 58 number 30

both of my parents are at home today. it's a holiday
workbook page 58

Neither of my parents is / are at home .........

اجابتك صح يجوز ان يكون الفعل جمع عادى فالاجابة nither

No doubt it's a correct one - neither of is followed by a singular or a plural verb so nothing is wrong

Hi,everybody
:I'd like to contribute to the discussionthe informal language is a level of English that is acceptable in written and spoken language.It is not colloquial or slang
and if you remember, we teach students how to change emails into informal style
So standard language is used in special areas like speechesor news
Thanks

Hi,everybody
:I'd like to contribute to the discussionthe informal language is a level of English that is acceptable in written and spoken language.It is not colloquial or slang
and if you remember, we teach students how to change emails into informal style
So standard language is used in special areas like speechesor news
Thanks

You are completely right, sir.
We do teach formal British English. Yet, it is now common knowledge that curriculum specialists are between US and Cairo all year long, so they have an undisputed inclination to use American English.
Personally, I stick to the origin and claim it is a mistake in the course book no matter what students may say in the future when other teachers say it is true on the american way.