Grammar

[Shawn]

MS Word says that this sentence:

They have tried counseling and group therapy but neither have helped her.

should be

They have tried counseling and group therapy but neither has helped her.

correct or incorrect?

 

[MrChad]

Correct.

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

Rule 10. When either and neither are subjects, they always take singular verbs.

 

[FeuerFrei]

They have tried counseling and group theory but neither has helped her.

correct. "Therapy" maybe instead of "theory"

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

correct

 

[konichiwa]

Neither is always, traditionally singular. Coloquially it's used in the plural (neither...have) but it should always be singular.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
They have tried counseling and group theory but neither has helped her.

correct. "Therapy" maybe instead of "theory"

whoops.