Subject-verb agreement in English has particular
features related to morphological simplicity and the
context of use. Read the sentence below and analyze
the proposed situations:
"Neither the manager nor the employees ___________
responsible for the delay, as the circumstances were
beyond control."
Based on the rules of subject-verb agreement in
English, select the alternative that correctly conjugates
the verb to fill in the blank, considering the grammatical
and semantic context of the sentence: