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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
inversion (neither nor)
Being without money doesn't automatically make someone unhappy, but neither does having money guarantee happiness.
Q) Is that sentence rephrased like this?
1. Being without money neither automatically makes someone unhappy, nor having money guarantees happiness.
2. Having money neither guarantees happiness nor being without money automatically makes someone unhappy.
If they don't sound ok, how can the original sentence be rephrased?(uninverted version.)
Q) Is that sentence rephrased like this?
1. Being without money neither automatically makes someone unhappy, nor having money guarantees happiness.
2. Having money neither guarantees happiness nor being without money automatically makes someone unhappy.
If they don't sound ok, how can the original sentence be rephrased?(uninverted version.)
Top answer
moon7296 If it doesn't sound ok No, it doesn't sound OK. moon7296 uninverted version Being without money doesn't automatically make someone unhappy, but having money doesn't guarantee happiness either. CJ
- moon7296 If it doesn't sound ok No, it doesn't sound OK.
- moon7296 uninverted version Being without money doesn't automatically make someone unhappy, but having money doesn't guarantee happiness either.
- CJ
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moon7296If it doesn't sound okNo, it doesn't sound OK.
moon7296uninverted versionBeing without money doesn't automatically make someone unhappy, but having money doesn't guarantee happiness either.
CJ
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Ah ha.. there's no way to rephrase it with a "neither A nor B structure."
Then what about this sentence?
2.1
I did not give them to anyone because I would not give away books I was not fond of. Nor do I lend book.
2.2
I did not give them to anyone because I would neither give away books I was not fond of nor lend book.
Q) Is 2.2 sound ok?
Then what about this sentence?
2.1
I did not give them to anyone because I would not give away books I was not fond of. Nor do I lend book.
2.2
I did not give them to anyone because I would neither give away books I was not fond of nor lend book.
Q) Is 2.2 sound ok?
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moon7296Is 2.2 sound ok?Does 2.2 sound OK?
Not really. It suggests you would not give away books you were not fond of, nor lend books to anyone. Perhaps you mean: I did not give them to anyone, because I would neither give nor lend books to anyone I was not fond of.
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