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Taruns1008 Posted 11 years ago
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#1 He does not smoke, nor he drinks.

#2 He does not smoke, nor does he drinks.

Can we use both type of structure, as used in #1 and #2 for subject-verb inversion?
  

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#1 is wrong #2 should be "nor does he drink ".

  • #1 is wrong #2 should be "nor does he drink ".
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#1 is wrong

#2 should be "nor does he drink".
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taruns1008 #1 He does not smoke, nor he drinks.#2 He does not smoke, nor does he drinks.Can we use both type of structure, as used in #1 and #2 for subject-verb inversion?
They are wordy. It would be simpler to write that he does not smoke or drink.

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