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Tashiro Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

"Mr. Edison was not completely present neither was he completely not present."

I don't understand the structure of this sentence. Please help me.
  

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Hi, You say you have problems with the structure . Is this the part that troubles you? tashiro ..

— Tanit

  • Hi, You say you have problems with the structure .
  • Is this the part that troubles you?
  • tashiro ..
  • neither was he ...
  • If so, you might want to have a look at this: Negative and restrictive adverbs In formal English, it is quite common to use inversion after negative adverbial expressions and restrictive words such as only , never , hardly and little .
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Hi,

You say you have problems with the structure. Is this the part that troubles you?
tashiro.. neither was he ...
If so, you might want to have a look at this:

Negative and restrictive adverbs

In formal English, it is quite common to use inversion after negative
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Thank you for answering my question. May I ask one more question? The "neither" in my sentence is an adverb or conjunction? If it is an adverb, I think a comma should be put between "present" and "neither".
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Neither, in this instance, is an adverb. Neither only acts as a correlative conjuction in combination with the word nor. The sentence needs not only a comma but also a conjunction.

The sentence should read:

Mr. Edison was not completely present, but neither was he completely not present.
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Thank you very much.
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