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Ashiwaawase Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

how to use neither nor

i made a sentence here

If customer lost trust in the company, he neither purchases it again nor recommends to others.



could anyone correct this sentence for me,please.



  

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If customer loses trust in the company, he neither purchases from it again nor recommends it to others. (It could be "the" or "a" company, dependent on your meaning. "The" refers to a specific company whereas "a" refers to any company).

  • If customer loses trust in the company, he neither purchases from it again nor recommends it to others.
  • (It could be "the" or "a" company, dependent on your meaning.
  • "The" refers to a specific company whereas "a" refers to any company).
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If customer loses trust in the company, he neither purchases from it again nor recommends it to others.

(It could be "the" or "a" company, dependent on your meaning. "The" refers to a specific company whereas "a" refers to any company).
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Thank you very much for your work, Eimai! Is it ok saying like this?



I have an interview and I need to check what I would say for that. I



when I lived in the US, my friends and I had terrible problems about a car. I realized that after-sales service is most important task for not losing trust from customers. If customer loses trust in the company, he neithe
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If the customer loses interest in the company, he neither purchases it again, nor does he recommend it to others.
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If a costumer loses trust in the company, he will neither purchase nor recommend it.
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If a customer loses faith in a company he will neither purchase its products [or patronise it again, purchase from it again, etc.] nor recommend them [it] to others.
You’re, presumably, not talking about his buying the company in a takeover (possibly in revenge for its having disappointed him). I’m a bit weak on commas, but I don’t think you need one here since that clause is essential to the
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I realize I'm replying to a post from 2005, but I really have nothing better to do.

Well there are a few of things you should fix.

1) 'If' should be followed by 'a.'

2) I assume you mean 'purchase from it again.'

3) Company should be preceded by 'a,' not 'the' unless mentioned prior.

4) There is a problem with the tenses here: you use lost (past
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If a customer loses trust in a company, he neither purchases nor recommends the company to others again.
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Sure, the easiest way is to NOT write in Victorian English. Nobody in the UK or the USA would say it like that - they might if they wanted to play a joke on you.

Avoid neither/nor construction because it is an EXTREMELY ARTIFICIAL device.

The (mainly) British English version:

A customer losing trust in a company won't buy from it or recommend it to others.
If the c
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If the customer loses trust in the company, he neither purchases from it again nor recommends it to others.

(It could be "the" or "a" customer/company, dependent on your meaning. "The" refers to a specific customer/company whereas "a" refers to any company).

English is a tough language to learn. I doubt that you will need any help with it 5 years from the original post date. I f
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If a customer loses trust in a company, he neither purchases nor recommends.

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