Today’s SAT question of the day is an improving sentences question about British sovereigns…and whether “neither” is plural or singular.

Remember that or, nor, and neither are singular. If you have one or the other, you only have one thing at a time! This may not sound correct to your ear since it’s a common spoken error, but you can check your verbs systematically to make sure they’re in the right number (and tense).

From the sentence: …except Edward V and Edward VIII, neither of them were crowned.

Let’s think about our verb: he was not crowned. Neither Edward V nor Edward VIII was crowned. We need an answer choice that follows this same verb pattern.

Only choice c fits.  You may have questions about whom/him/he, but since the verb is correct you can feel confident that c is the correct answer.