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Esalim80 Posted 10 years ago
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Mark doesn't read. Mark doesn't write. Join these two sentence using "neither"
  

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Hello, esalim80—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
esalim80Join these two sentence using "neither"
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Mark neither writes nor reads.
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esalim80Mark neither writes nor reads.
Excellent!
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Your answer is correct.

However, I would say: Mark neither reads nor writes.

In America the two words reading and writing are usually placed in that order. It's not a rule but it sounds more natural.

I think this custom comes from an old saying about the main school subjects:
  • The three R's: Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic. (as it s
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SoSaysSunnyIn America the two words reading and writing are usually placed in that order. It's not a rule but it sounds more natural.
The same goes for British English.
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It's rather ironic that a summary of education goals could be so misspelled. (:-Þ)

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