Either....or.. / Neither....nor.... / main subject / who and whom / semicolon and colon

Grammar rules:

1) Either.....or.... / Neither......nor .....

The second noun determines the verb.

E.g.

Neither Amelia nor her friends like durians.

Neither Jayne nor Naomi has a mobile phone.

Sometimes the sentence may be in the past tense:

Neither James nor Peter watched the match.

(In this case, it does not matter if the noun is singular or plural.)

2) Main subject

Remember that the clause between commas provides extra information. The main subject determines the verb.

E.g.

Nick, as well as Matthew, is good in badminton.

Chris, together with his brothers, walks to school every day.

3) who / whom

Both of these are relative pronouns used to refer to people

who - followed by a verb

whom - followed by a noun / pronoun

exception: to whom - followed by a verb

E.g.

The lady who waved at me is a famous actress.

The boy whom I spoke to was my best friend.

To whom does this file belong?

4) Punctuations

Colon - used to introduce a list

E.g. These are some of my favourite books: Leota's Garden, Anne in Green Gables, Someone Else's Kids and Toto Chan.

Semicolon - used to separate two closely related independent clauses

E.g. Samantha was the only prefect around ; she had to settle the matter.

Note: There are many other usages of the colons and semicolons. If you are interested, take a look at

http://www.gprc.ab.ca/library/Homepage/Help%20With/LSC/LSC%20pdfs/Semicolon%20and%20Colon%20Usage.pdf