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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Correct Usage???

Is this a proper sentence?

"Jamie claimed to have faxed the invoice on Wednesday but neither Kate nor I has seen it."
  

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Anonymous Is this a proper sentence? " I believe that technically it is correct, but I would risk life and limb to say "have" because of the word's proximity to "I". Most people would do the same, I think.

— Philip

  • Anonymous Is this a proper sentence?
  • " I believe that technically it is correct, but I would risk life and limb to say "have" because of the word's proximity to "I".
  • Most people would do the same, I think.
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AnonymousIs this a proper sentence?

"Jamie claimed to have faxed the invoice on Wednesday but neither Kate nor I has seen it."
I believe that technically it is correct, but I would risk life and limb to say "have" because of the word's proximity to "I". Most people would do the same, I think.
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Agreement in a neither-nor structure is with the element nearest the verb, so it's ... neither Kate nor I have seen it.

CJ
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