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Read the landlord's complaints about Alex and Sam, two notoriously lazy roommates. Choose ALL the statements that use "both," "either," or "neither" correctly.
The correct answers are Neither roommate washes the dishes., Neither Alex nor Sam pays the rent on time., and Both of them sleep until noon every day.
"Neither" followed directly by a singular noun takes a singular verb (Neither roommate washes). When pairing two singular subjects with "Neither... nor...", the verb is also singular (pays).
"Both" always takes a plural verb. Therefore, "Both of them sleep" is correct, but "Both Alex and Sam refuses" is incorrect (it should be refuse).
"Either" followed directly by a singular noun takes a singular verb, so it should be "Either roommate is going to have to clean..."