"Neither of us is ready. I don’t feel that we need to have children to validate our marriage, and I don’t need children to claim I’m a fulfilled woman." - Dita Von Teese, on procreating with husband Marilyn Manson
Dita has correctly used a singular verb with a singular indefinite pronoun. The subject of the first sentence in her statement is "neither," which is singular, and it agrees with the singular verb "is." Dita did not use a plural verb in agreement with the plural object in the prepositional phrase "of us." She did not say, "Neither of us are ready," which would have been incorrect.
Elegantly executed, Dita!
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