Before Colette, the female writers of France had been aristocrats, from Mme de Lafayette to Anne de Noailles; there were no Jane Austens or Brontë sisters, perhaps because there were almost no clergymen’s daughters.
were no Jane Austens or
were not Jane Austens or
was not Jane Austen nor the
was not a Jane Austen or the
was no Jane Austen or no
idiom: there were no X's or Y's.
(A) were no Jane Austens or Brontë sisters ("were" works with both items because they're both plural)
(C) was not Jane Austen nor the Brontë sisters (singular "was" doesn't work with plural "sisters")
We can eliminate options C, D, & E because they use a singular verb with the plural Brontë sisters.
There were no Xs or Ys = CORRECT
There were not Xs or Ys = INCORRECT
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