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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Neither and Nor - Negation

Is it OK to use nor in a sentence that starts with neither, or does that make them cancel each other out due to them being two negatives? For example:

Neither Jessica nor Chris respond.

Should it rather be "or?"
  

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Snarf Is it OK to use nor in a sentence that starts with neither Yes. That doesn't count as two negatives. Neither Jessica nor Chris respond s .

  • Snarf Is it OK to use nor in a sentence that starts with neither Yes.
  • That doesn't count as two negatives.
  • Neither Jessica nor Chris respond s .
  • CJ
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SnarfIs it OK to use nor in a sentence that starts with neither
Yes. That doesn't count as two negatives.

Neither Jessica nor Chris responds.

CJ

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