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Hrsanei Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Neither-nor structure
Hi.
I have a question about neither-nor structure.
As I know, we use the question word order when we are using a complete sentence including subject as below;
Ex. Neither have they paid, nor do they intend to do so.
I wonder if the sentence order is also possible and if so what is the difference?
Ex. Neither they have paid, nor they intend to do so.
Can we use one of the sentence in question order and the other in sentence order such as
Ex. Neither have they paid, nor they intend to do so.
Ex. Neither they have paid, nor do they intend to do so.
I have heard that in not only-but also structure, we can use the sentence format but it is informal. right?
I guess when the subject of the first sentence is the same as the second sentence, we do not need to use such format, and subject can be omitted as below.
Ex. Neither I have seen nor heard about it. instead of Ex. Neither I have seen nor I have heard about it.
And when the tenses are different, I quess we cannot omitt subject and auxillary verb such as
Ex. Neither I have done nor I will do.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hamid
I have a question about neither-nor structure.
As I know, we use the question word order when we are using a complete sentence including subject as below;
Ex. Neither have they paid, nor do they intend to do so.
I wonder if the sentence order is also possible and if so what is the difference?
Ex. Neither they have paid, nor they intend to do so.
Can we use one of the sentence in question order and the other in sentence order such as
Ex. Neither have they paid, nor they intend to do so.
Ex. Neither they have paid, nor do they intend to do so.
I have heard that in not only-but also structure, we can use the sentence format but it is informal. right?
I guess when the subject of the first sentence is the same as the second sentence, we do not need to use such format, and subject can be omitted as below.
Ex. Neither I have seen nor heard about it. instead of Ex. Neither I have seen nor I have heard about it.
And when the tenses are different, I quess we cannot omitt subject and auxillary verb such as
Ex. Neither I have done nor I will do.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hamid
Top answer
hrsanei Ex. Neither they have paid, nor they intend to do so. No.
- hrsanei Ex.
- Neither they have paid, nor they intend to do so.
- No.
- It's wrong, and it even sounds totally wrong!
- hrsanei Ex.
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hrsaneiEx. Neither they have paid, nor they intend to do so.No. It's wrong, and it even sounds totally wrong!
hrsaneiEx. Neither have they paid, nor they intend to do so.Ex. Neither they have paid, nor do they intend to do so.Also wrong.
hrsaneiEx. Neither I have seen nor heard about it. in
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Thank you Jim for your response.
What about saying?
Ex. Neither have I seen nor heard about it. ( Omiting the auxilary verb and subject of the secod sentence)
Ex. Neither have I done nor will do it. (omitting the subject of the second sentence)
Thank you
What about saying?
Ex. Neither have I seen nor heard about it. ( Omiting the auxilary verb and subject of the secod sentence)
Ex. Neither have I done nor will do it. (omitting the subject of the second sentence)
Thank you
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hrsaneiNeither have I seen nor heard about it.This one is better, but not great, let's say. The more normal version is I have neither seen nor heard about it, with the common auxiliary first.
hrsaneiNeither have I done nor will do it.No. You can't use this one because it has two different auxiliaries. You have to
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