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Eladio Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Is “nor” incorrect here:
Please, could you tell me if “nor” is incorrect here? I have doubts in these four different cases:
1) Susan didn’t want any soup NOR any beer.
(I want to say: Susan wanted neither any soup nor any beer = Susan didn’t want any soup or any beer either = Susan didn’t want any soup or any beer)
2) NOR Liz or Robin came to the party. (I want to say: Neither Liz nor Robin came to the party = Liz and Robin didn’t come to the party either = Liz and Robin didn’t come to the party = Both Liz and Robin didn’t come to the party)
3) She said she would contact me but she didn’t write NOR phone.
(I want to say: She said she would contact me but she neither wrote nor phoned = She said she would contact me but she didn’t write or phone either = She said she would contact me but she didn’t write or phone)
4) She won’t come with me, NOR with her friend. (I want to say: She will neither come with me nor with her friend = She won’t come with me, or with her friend either = She won’t come with me, or with her friend)
And thank you in advance.
Eladio
1) Susan didn’t want any soup NOR any beer.
(I want to say: Susan wanted neither any soup nor any beer = Susan didn’t want any soup or any beer either = Susan didn’t want any soup or any beer)
2) NOR Liz or Robin came to the party. (I want to say: Neither Liz nor Robin came to the party = Liz and Robin didn’t come to the party either = Liz and Robin didn’t come to the party = Both Liz and Robin didn’t come to the party)
3) She said she would contact me but she didn’t write NOR phone.
(I want to say: She said she would contact me but she neither wrote nor phoned = She said she would contact me but she didn’t write or phone either = She said she would contact me but she didn’t write or phone)
4) She won’t come with me, NOR with her friend. (I want to say: She will neither come with me nor with her friend = She won’t come with me, or with her friend either = She won’t come with me, or with her friend)
And thank you in advance.
Eladio
Top answer
Well, why don't you say 'what you want to say' (in the parentheses)-- which are the correct ways? Your 1-4 are not correct. 1) Susan didn't want any soup or any beer.
- Well, why don't you say 'what you want to say' (in the parentheses)-- which are the correct ways?
- Your 1-4 are not correct.
- 1) Susan didn't want any soup or any beer.
- 2) Neither Liz nor Robin came to the party.
- 3) ...
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Well, why don't you say 'what you want to say' (in the parentheses)-- which are the correct ways? Your 1-4 are not correct.
1) Susan didn't want any soup or any beer.
2) Neither Liz nor Robin came to the party.
3) ... she didn't write or phone. / ... she neither wrote nor phoned.
4) She won't come with me or her friend. / she will come with neither me nor her friend.
1) Susan didn't want any soup or any beer.
2) Neither Liz nor Robin came to the party.
3) ... she didn't write or phone. / ... she neither wrote nor phoned.
4) She won't come with me or her friend. / she will come with neither me nor her friend.
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Thank for your answer and your time, Mister Micawber. Well, really I was trying to know if there were another way to say the same in a simpler form, without the use of "neither" or "either", both of which, for some reason, I try to avoid in spoken English. May it be I'm a little compulsive or obsesive in studying English.
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