Neither the chairman nor the members of the committee was able to find a solution to the pressing issue.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The sentence uses the "Neither... nor..." conjunction. According to the rules of subject-verb agreement:
When two subjects are joined by "neither... nor" or "either... or," the verb must agree with the subject closest to it.
In this sentence, the two subjects are "the chairman" (singular) and "the members of the committee" (plural).
Since "the members" is the subject closest to the verb, the verb must be plural (were) instead of singular (was).
In the sentence, “was able to find a solution” should be substituted with “were able to find a solution”.