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Sentence improvement – verb agreement with correlative 'either … or …': keep the verb in agreement with the nearer subject and retain 'Either he or I am going.' as correct standard usage.

Difficulty: Easy

he or I are going
he is going or I am
I or he is going
No improvement

Correct Answer: No improvement

Explanation:

Given sentence
'Either he or I am going.'

Concept/Approach
With 'either … or …', the finite verb generally agrees with the nearest subject. Here the subject closest to the verb is 'I', so 'am' is correct.

Option check
'are going' → plural verb despite singular subjects.'he is going or I am' → awkward split clause.'I or he is going' → changes order for politeness (place 'I' last); also mismatched agreement.

Final Answer
No improvement

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