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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
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neither to be substituted for or

Most places in Africa are far cheaper to get to than packaged tour agents would have you believed. Neither should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught with all sort of dangers.

Is it correct if I substitute neither for or?

thanks in advance
  

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Inchoateknowledge Most places in Africa are far cheaper to get to than packaged tour agents would have you believed. Neither should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught with all sort of dangers. Is it correct if I substitute neither for or ?

— Yoong Liat

  • Inchoateknowledge Most places in Africa are far cheaper to get to than packaged tour agents would have you believed.
  • Neither should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught with all sort of dangers.
  • Is it correct if I substitute neither for or ?
  • thanks in advance 1.
  • Do you mean ' nor' instead of 'or'?
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Inchoateknowledge
Most places in Africa are far cheaper to get to than packaged tour agents would have you believed. Neither should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught with all sort of dangers.

Is it correct if I substitute neither for or
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InchoateknowledgeIs it correct if I substitute neither for or?
Both options are incorrect, in my opinion.

What about this:
You also shouldn't listen to your mother, who...
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InchoateknowledgeMost places in Africa are far cheaper to get to than packaged tour agents would have you believed. Neither should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught with all sort of dangers.

Is it correct if I substitute neither for or
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Hi Marius,

This text I took from a previous Cambridge Proficiency test.
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Yoong Liat
Inchoateknowledge
Most places in Africa are far cheaper to get to than packaged tour agents would have you believed. Neither should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught with all sort of dangers.

Is it correct if I substitute neither
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"1. Do you mean 'nor' instead of 'or'? " No

I mean the second sentence starts with neither. I want to know if I can remove it and put nor in its place without doing any damage grammatically.
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InchoateknowledgeTo substitute X for Y means you have X now and you want to replace it with Y.
I think it's the other way round, and this is the reason you're getting this many questions
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No Marius.

My book clearly establishes this rule

BTW, hi
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InchoateknowledgeTo substitute X for Y means you have X now and you want to replace it with Y.

In my opinion, you can use "nor" where it currently has "neither." Either choice is acceptable, and in fact, I have a (slight) preference for "nor."

However, regarding the substitution thing, I'm pretty sure we've been through this here.

T
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>So my use is the opposite: If I substitute X for Y, it means that I have Y, but I will be replacing it with X.

GG is right, and so is the M-W dictionary (see above), as well as this other dictionary:

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to substitute A for B, sustituir B por A: let's substitute the
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