Wrong. Across the street is the engineering building and the university heating plant.
Right. Across the street are the engineering building and the university heating plant.
Revise. Both the plot and the style was very good.
316. Make the verb agree with its subject. Singular nouns or pronouns joined by or or nor form a singular subject.
Wrong. Clarabell or Sue are going.
Right. Clarabell or Sue is going.
Wrong. Neither Henry nor Herbert were well treated.
Right. Neither Henry nor Herbert was well treated.
Revise. Either the captain or the sergeant have made a mistake.
317. Make the verb agree with its subject. A collective noun requires a singular verb if the group is regarded as a unit, a plural verb if it is regarded as a collection of individuals.