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Kilimanjaro Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Both my wife and I

Hello dear forum members.

Both my wife and I don't like salad.


Is the sentence above gramatically correct? If it is correct, what's the difference between


Neither my wife nor I like salad.

and

Both my wife and I don't like salad.


Thanks

  

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They are both correct. "Neither ... nor" is a little too Boolean for casual speech, though, and for trivial statements like this one, come to think of it.

— Anonymous

  • They are both correct.
  • "Neither ...
  • nor" is a little too Boolean for casual speech, though, and for trivial statements like this one, come to think of it.
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They are both correct. "Neither ... nor" is a little too Boolean for casual speech, though, and for trivial statements like this one, come to think of it. Given no special context, I would probably say, "My wife and I both don't like salad."

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