and / or

I prefer the first one: she does neither.

The second one looks like she doesn't "drink-and-smoke", as if both activities were somehow linked/connected. But wait for a native!

1- She doesn't drink or smoke.
= she does not drink and she does not smoke

2- She doesn't drink and smoke.

= she does not drink and smoke at the same time = she does not smoke when she is drinking

thanks, pieanne and Sam. Then, Sam, I understand from the explanation you have made that you are a native. Is it usual to use 2?

"She neither smokes nor drinks."

paco

Paco2004"She neither smokes nor drinks."

paco

interesting!!!

now I really wonder which one a native would use or rather prefer.

a) She doesn't drink or smoke

or

b) She neither drinks nor smokes.

I'd say the first one is more everyday language.

Diamondrg

Paco2004"She neither smokes nor drinks."

paco

interesting!!!

now I really wonder which one a native would use or rather prefer.

a) She doesn't drink or smoke

or

b) She neither drinks nor smokes.

The first one....

I say "She doesn't drink or smoke" but I use "She neither drinks nor smokes" in (formal) writing.

paco

(1) She doesn't drink or smoke.
(2) She doesn't drink and smoke.

they mean different things. the first simply means that she does not smoke and she does not drink. the second means that she does not smoke while she is drinking, that is, it leaves open the possibility that she drinks and she smokes, but not both at the same time. perhaps s

Paco2004"She neither smokes nor drinks."

paco

I'd use this one as well...