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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Neither or either

I eat neither an apple nor an orange.
I either eat an apple or an orange.
It's good neither to eat this nor that.
It's good either to eat this or that.
I want to eat either an apple or an orange.
Are they correct?
  

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I eat neither an apple nor an orange. I eat neither apples nor oranges. I either eat an apple or an orange.

— CalifJim

  • I eat neither an apple nor an orange.
  • I eat neither apples nor oranges.
  • I either eat an apple or an orange.
  • I eat either an apple or an orange .
  • It's good neither to eat this nor that.
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I eat neither an apple nor an orange. I eat neither apples nor oranges.
I either eat an apple or an orange. I eat either an apple or an orange.
It's good neither to eat this nor that. It's not good to eat (either) this or that.
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It's good neither to eat this nor that.
Do you mean it's incorrect?
Because I saw a sentence like that, but I'm not sure if it's correct or not.
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JumanahDo you mean it's incorrect?
I do. That's why I crossed it out. The "neither" and the "nor" should both stand before similar grammatical constructions.

It's good neither to eat this nor to eat that.
It's good to eat neither this nor that.

However, the negation is better placed in the first
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Hello,

Please can you help me with this sentence:


Can I say" Karen wants to go either home or supermarket"

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