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Is 'neither' followed by 'is or are'?Neither is or are correct?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

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CalifJimis.CJ

Thanks CJ.

I would also like your opinion on another topic that I have been getting different answers on in which I am not totally convienced.

I am trying to say that 'it feels like I am in Vegas' but in a shorter or abbreviated way. Here are the two sentences:
Feels like Vegas!
Feels like in Vegas!

1. Do they both convey the same meaning with and without 'in'?
2. Are they consedered in formal and in complete sentences?
3. What is the correct, complete form?

Thank you so much!

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymous1. Do they both convey the same meaning with and without 'in'?

You have to use your imagination to some extent, so different people may have different opinions about whether they are different. In some ways they are the same; in some ways they are different. (See the different paraphrases that I suggest below.)

Anonymous2. Are they considered in formal and in complete sentences?

No. You know that. There's no subject.

Anonymous3. What is the correct, complete form?

The complete form is unknown. You'd have to guess that it's something like "It feels like being in Las Vegas" or "This has the atmosphere of Las Vegas" or "This gives me the same feeling that I get from Las Vegas" or "This gives me the same feeling that I get when I am in Las Vegas" or ... or ... or ....

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

CalifJimhave different opinions about whether they are different. In some ways they are the same; in some ways they are different.

Thank you so much. I'll keep your advice in mind.

So they can be seen as the same in meaning and not the same ('in' may have that effect on the statement), right?

Finally, is it common to use the informal/incomplete examples in casual talking or texting stating that the general feeling is the same as in Vegas (as you have assumed), as I have seen them used?

Thank for your examples, and now I can see that they can mean any of them. So either one could mean any of your examples or others, as you said you would have to guess which one, right?

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousSo they can be seen as the same in meaning and not the same ('in' may have that effect on the statement), right?

Yes. It depends who you ask.

Anonymousis it common to use the informal/incomplete examples in casual talking

Yes.

Anonymousor texting

I don't text, so I wouldn't know. It seems to me that sentences would be even more incomplete in texting than in normal conversations.

Anonymousstating that the general feeling is the same as in Vegas (as you have assumed), as I have seen them used?

I doubt that is particularly common for most people to say that the general feeling is the same as in Vegas. Millions of people have never been to Las Vegas and millions of people have no idea where it is or what it is like. Why would you think that it is any more common to use informal examples when stating that the feeling is the same as in Vegas, as opposed to stating anything else they might like to say?

CJ

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