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Kook j Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Either
Hi.
1:The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports. -OED
Questions:
1:Does the sentence above mean the same as: The spokesman accepted neither to confirm nor deny the reports ?
2:If my understanding is right, is the sentence 1 natural? Since the construction either..or generally means one or the other, I wonder if it was natural.
Thank you very much in advance.
1:The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports. -OED
Questions:
1:Does the sentence above mean the same as: The spokesman accepted neither to confirm nor deny the reports ?
2:If my understanding is right, is the sentence 1 natural? Since the construction either..or generally means one or the other, I wonder if it was natural.
Thank you very much in advance.
Top answer
The sentence is fine and natural. We understand that he refused to confirm and he refused to deny the reports.
- The sentence is fine and natural.
- We understand that he refused to confirm and he refused to deny the reports.
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The sentence is fine and natural. We understand that he refused to confirm and he refused to deny the reports.
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