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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Correct usage of or/nor
does this make sense? i don't know why this happened or why that happened. in what cases do i use nor?
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Hi Anon The word "nor" can be used in combination with the word "neither" like this: 1. I know neither his age nor his marital status. It would be OK to say this: 2.
- Hi Anon The word "nor" can be used in combination with the word "neither" like this: 1.
- I know neither his age nor his marital status.
- It would be OK to say this: 2.
- I don't know why this or that happened.
- You could also say this: 3.
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Hi Anon
The word "nor" can be used in combination with the word "neither" like this:
1. I know neither his age nor his marital status.
It would be OK to say this:
2. I don't know why this or that happened.
You could also say this:
3. I don't know why this happened. Nor do I know why that happened.
In the third example, the wo
The word "nor" can be used in combination with the word "neither" like this:
1. I know neither his age nor his marital status.
It would be OK to say this:
2. I don't know why this or that happened.
You could also say this:
3. I don't know why this happened. Nor do I know why that happened.
In the third example, the wo
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