Can anyone clarify which of the following is correct?
"Neither my mother nor I was conscious of rudeness"
"Neither my mother nor I were conscious of rudeness"
I thought it was the latter, but the grammar checker I use isn't picking up the first sentence as a mistake. Am I right in saying "were" is third-person past tense for "to be?" And I would think "my mother and I" is third person, as it's a 'body' of something. Hence, it should be "were".
Any help would be appreciated.
