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Proofread the following text and correct the three subject-verb disagreements.

AllegedlyrecoveredfromthelegendaryKingSolomon’sMines,theuncut,roughstonewasacquiredin1544bythescandalousDeLucafamily.Giftedaspartofadowryin1612,thefateofthediamond,alongwithseveralotherhighprofilegems,wereunknownaftertheFranco-Spanishwarof1635,beforeitmysteriouslyreappearedoverthreecenturieslater.

SoldlastyeartotheMorettiBrothersjewellersforjustover£22million,neithertimenorconflicthavedimmeditsbrilliance.Indeed,thetwineighty-year-oldbrotherssuggeststhatthevalueofthenowcutandpolished90caratdiamondhasalreadyincreasedbyatleast50%.Itwillbeondisplayforfourweeksonly.

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Answer:

Answer is in the explanation.

Explanation:

In grammatically correct sentences, subject and verb must agree in person (first, second, third) and in number (singular, plural). The given passage has three disagreements:  

1) ...the fate of the diamond were unknown...

Since the fate is third-person singular it needs to be followed by a verb was

2) neither men or conflict have dimmed...

It is a general rule that when we have a neither/nor (either/or) construction, the verb agrees with the closest subject ( in this case the conflict) which is in the third person singular, so it needs to be followed by the verb has

3) ... the twin eighty-year-old brothers suggests...

The subject here is the twin brothers (they) which is third person plural, so the following verb must be suggest

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