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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Neither
I am asking myself whether "neither" can be used with "nor" to link more than two elements each other.
For example can we say:
Neither them, nor I, nor you can say such a thing.
For example can we say:
Neither them, nor I, nor you can say such a thing.
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Technically wrong, but in common use. It is less painful if you omit the supernumerary 'nor': Neither they, I, nor you can say such a thing.
- Technically wrong, but in common use.
- It is less painful if you omit the supernumerary 'nor': Neither they, I, nor you can say such a thing.
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Technically wrong, but in common use. It is less painful if you omit the supernumerary 'nor':
Neither they, I, nor you can say such a thing.
Technically wrong, but in common use. It is less painful if you omit the supernumerary 'nor':
Neither they, I, nor you can say such a thing.
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Not according to www.dictionary.com (neither)
Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, neither is used only to mean "not one or the other of two." To refer to "none of several," none is preferred: None (not neither) of the three opposition candidates would make a better president than the incumbent. · The traditional rule also holds that neither is grammatically singular: Ne
Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, neither is used only to mean "not one or the other of two." To refer to "none of several," none is preferred: None (not neither) of the three opposition candidates would make a better president than the incumbent. · The traditional rule also holds that neither is grammatically singular: Ne
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Yeah, but I was wondering if every authority would agree to it.
For instance I found this in the dictionary of modern english usage:
The proper sense of the pronoun (or adjective) is "not the one nor the other of the two". Like either, it sometimes refers loosely to numbers greater than two (Heat, light, electricity, magnetism, are all correlatives; neither can be said to be the
For instance I found this in the dictionary of modern english usage:
The proper sense of the pronoun (or adjective) is "not the one nor the other of the two". Like either, it sometimes refers loosely to numbers greater than two (Heat, light, electricity, magnetism, are all correlatives; neither can be said to be the
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