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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Neither.......nor

respected sir,


I have to join these sentences using neither .....nor. I have tried it myself ,but I have some doubt . The doubt is that repeated preposition sholud be before neither or ofter neither and also after nor.

1. She is not fond of tea.
She is not fond of milk.

she is neither fond of tea nor fond of milk.

or

She is fond of neither tea nor milk.

2.John was not on the swing.
He was not on the slide.

John wan neither on the swing nor on the slide.

or

John was on neither the swing nor the slide.

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Here i have to use either ....... or


3. He may find it in the desk.
He may find it in the cupboard.

4. He may find it on the desk.
He may find it in the cupboard.

Please help me explain .
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Correct the sentence given below.



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Please help me.
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Hello, Hanuman-- Welcome to English forums. ' (2a) 'John was neither on the swing nor on the slide. '

  • Hello, Hanuman-- Welcome to English forums.
  • ' (2a) 'John was neither on the swing nor on the slide.
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Hello, Hanuman-- Welcome to English forums.


These two are grammatically possible, but are not the best style:

(1a) 'She is neither fond of tea nor fond of milk.'
(2a) 'John was neither on the swing nor on the slide. '

These are the preferred forms (place your neither/nors as near as possible to the alternatives and omit the redundant preposition if there i
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0he may find it either on the desk or in the cupboard02br
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00or 02br
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00he may find it on the desk or in the cupboard either..( for second sentence i'm not sure.....)0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10he may find it on the desk or in the cupboard 11font11del10either12del12font10..( for second sentence i'm not sure..)12blockquote
10 No, the word 'either' is not correctly used in that sentence, Anon.02br
00However, yo
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0Neither Mr. Sam nor Mr. Jones was there.0-

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