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grammarhelp · 31/03/2020 14:05

What is the correct way to write this sentence please ?
"Neither of the two were to blame."

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DramaAlpaca · 31/03/2020 14:07

Neither of them were to blame.

iklboo · 31/03/2020 14:17

Agree with Drama.

grammarhelp · 31/03/2020 17:02

Thank you

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grammarhelp · 31/03/2020 17:52

Is the "sister's " a noun or an adjective in the folliwing sentence please ?

She put her sister's dress in the wardrobe.

Thanks in advance.

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DramaAlpaca · 31/03/2020 18:35

'Sister's' is a noun.

There's no adjective in that sentence. An adjective is used to describe a noun.

If the sentence was 'She put her sister's blue dress in the big wardrobe', the words 'blue' and 'big' would be adjectives.

grammarhelp · 31/03/2020 18:57

So sister isn't describing the dress as in who owns the dress.
Thank you

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HollowTalk · 31/03/2020 18:58

It's neither of them WAS to blame.

grammarhelp · 31/03/2020 19:21
Hmm
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AgentProvocateur · 31/03/2020 19:25

Neither of them was to blame. It’s ‘neither one’ so singular.

DramaAlpaca · 31/03/2020 19:56

Yes. Sorry. It's 'was' to blame, of course it is; it's singular Blush

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