Neither and either always take singular verbs when acting as the subject of a sentence.

Here, neither is the subject and behaves like a singular noun. It requires the singular verb is.

In this example, Either (or Either one) is the subject and behaves like a singular noun. It requires the singular verb is.

This rule does not apply to the correlative pairs Either…or and Neither…nor, which are discussed in the next section.

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