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Spinyman Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

How to use "never" with "neither"?

Hello.

If I want to say something like that: "I have never had neither a girlfriend nor kisses" how should I use those words?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, Spinyman. You can say: "I've never had either a girlfriend or been kissed". In English, a double negation is not allowed.

— Renan torres-rivero

  • Hi, Spinyman.
  • You can say: "I've never had either a girlfriend or been kissed".
  • In English, a double negation is not allowed.
  • It's considered as redundant.
  • That's why you must not use "neither" together with "never" or any other negative form.
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Hi, Spinyman.

You can say: "I've never had either a girlfriend or been kissed".

In English, a double negation is not allowed. It's considered as redundant.

That's why you must not use "neither" together with "never" or any other negative form.

Cheers,

RENAN
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Thanks a lot! But shouldn't it be "I've never had either a girlfriend nor been kissed"?
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"Nor" is usually used after using "neither".

Since in that sentence you're using "either" (and not "neither") you may use "or" instead of "nor".

Check this: "I've had neither a girlfriend nor been kissed".

Cheers,

RENAN
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okay, thank you very much!
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Hi guys,

A few comments about this.

"I've had neither a girlfriend nor been kissed".

If you break this into two sentences, you are saying

I have not had a girl-friend. Fine

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Thank you too! May I say this "I've never had either a girlfriend or kisses from any of girls"?
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Hi

I believe you can't use both never and neither the way you did; however, you still can them in the same sentence. This can be done the following way:

Frank never went to the beach, neither did I.

khalid
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You could also move neither to create:

I've neither had a girlfriend nor been kissed.
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