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Identify the option that correctly fills in the blanks in the following complex sentence based on advanced rules of subject-verb agreement and correlative structures:"Not only the board of directors but also the managing director ________ present at the crucial meeting yesterday, and each of the participants ________ required to sign the non-disclosure agreement."
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Detailed Explanation
In English syntax, when subjects are joined by correlative conjunctions like 'not only... but also', the verb agrees with the subject closest to it (the principle of proximity). Here, the noun phrase closest to the first blank is 'the managing director', which is a singular subject, requiring the singular verb 'was'. Furthermore, indefinite pronouns such as 'each', 'every', and 'everyone' are grammatically singular and invariably take a singular verb, making 'was' correct for the second blank as well. For further study on syntactic rules governing agreement, refer to the Wikipedia Reference.
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