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Mouadh Bakhtri Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Neither / Nor

Please help me, Which one is correct and more pertinent
1) I couldn't find Sarra, nor did I know where she had gone
2) I couldn't find Sarra, neither did I know where she had gone
  

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Good morning, Mouadh Bakhtri—and welcome to English Forums. Mouadh Bakhtri Which one is correct and more pertinent Why tangle yourself up in fragmented coordinating conjunctions? Recast: I could neither find Sara nor discover where she had gone.

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  • Mouadh Bakhtri Which one is correct and more pertinent Why tangle yourself up in fragmented coordinating conjunctions?
  • Recast: I could neither find Sara nor discover where she had gone.
  • I couldn't find Sara , and I didn't know where she had gone.
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Good morning, Mouadh Bakhtri—and welcome to English Forums.
Mouadh BakhtriWhich one is correct and more pertinent
Why tangle yourself up in fragmented coordinating conjunctions? Recast:

I could neither find Sara nor discover where she had gone.
I couldn't find Sara , and I didn't know where she had gone.
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Good morning sir,
I don't like to make things difficult but this question is a part of a quiz. You need to answer questions like these to become a teacher in our country ! So we agreed upon all questions and we debated over this one. Even experienced teachers had different views about this task.
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1) I couldn't find Sarra, nor did I know where she had gone.
Nor is correct here. It is a coordinating conjunction (like and, but, or).

The second is ok with a semicolon:
2) I couldn't find Sarra; neither did I know where she had gone.

Neither is a coordinating conjunction when used with nor. Neither, nor are correlative c
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