animals.
15. Neither the daughters nor their mother _is are_ at home.
16. Either the soldier or his officers _is are_ mistaken.
17. The cat and all her kittens _was were_ at the door.
18. Tennyson, not Wordsworth, _were was_ the author.
19. Each of the trustees _has have_ a vote.
20. Our success or our failure _is are_ due solely to ourselves.
21. Neither sincerity nor cordiality _characterize characterizes_ him.
22. Everyone of these chairs _is are_ mine.
23. Each day and each hour _bring brings_ new questions.
24. The car and all its passengers _was were_ blown up.
25. The ambition and activity of the man _has have_ been the
_cause causes_ of his success.
26. Old and new hay _is are_ equally good for horses.
27. Matthew or Paul _are is_ responsible for that belief.
28. A man, a woman, and a child _is are_ comprised in the group.
29. The pupils and also the teacher _were was_ embarrassed.
30. The teacher and also the pupils _were was_ embarrassed.
31. Neither he nor I _are is am_ going.
32. Book after book _was were_ taken from the shelves.
33. Either Aunt Mary or her daughters _is are_ coming.
34. Either the daughters or Aunt Mary _is are_ coming.
35. Aunt Mary, but not her daughters, _is are_ coming.
36. The daughters, but not Aunt Mary, _is are_ coming.
37. Both Aunt Mary and her daughter _is are_ coming.
38. Mary, and not her mother, _is are_ coming.
39. No preacher and no woman _is are_ allowed to enter.
40. Every adult man and woman _has have_ a vote.
41. Money, if not culture, _gains gain_ a way.
42. Brain power, as well as money, _talk talks_.
43. Each boy and girl _bring brings_ books.

64. SOME MISCELLANEOUS CAUTIONS IN REGARD TO AGREEMENT IN NUMBER:

1. Do not use a plural verb after a singular subject modified by an
adjective phrase; as, _The thief, with all his booty, was captured_.

2. Do not use a singular form of the verb after _you_ and _they_.
Say: _You were, they are, they were_, etc., not, _you was, they
was,_ etc.

3. Do not mistake a noun modifier for the noun subject. In the
sentence, _The SALE of boxes was increased, sale_, not _boxes_,
is the subject of the verb.

4. When the subject is a relative pronoun, the number and the person
of the antecedent determine the number and the person of the verb.
Both of the following sentences are correct: _He is the only one
of the men THAT IS to be trusted, He is one of those men THAT ARE
to be trusted._ It is t