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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Neither/nor

Sir,

She doed not dance.
She does not sing.

I have to join these two sentences using neither ...nor.

She neither dances nor sings.

The procedure that I follow is

First convert the negative sentence into assertive sentence and then join the alternative choices.

Is am right?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Well, your result is right; how you do it is your affair. Don't forget that a native speaker simply says or writes it; s/he does not convert affirmative to negative. How about: 'she didn't want any pretzels; she didn't want any beer'?

— Mister Micawber

  • Well, your result is right; how you do it is your affair.
  • Don't forget that a native speaker simply says or writes it; s/he does not convert affirmative to negative.
  • How about: 'she didn't want any pretzels; she didn't want any beer'?
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Well, your result is right; how you do it is your affair. Don't forget that a native speaker simply says or writes it; s/he does not convert affirmative to negative.

How about: 'she didn't want any pretzels; she didn't want any beer'?
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Sir,

She wanted neither any pretzels nor any beer.

Is it correct ?

Thanks.
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So your rule seems to work. I would have said 'she wants neither pretzels nor beer'. I know, I know, we lost the 'any'-- but that's what I would say, if I didn't say 'she didn't want any pretzels or beer' first.
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Sir,

I am not goog at English. I could not understand what you want to say.

But one thing I want to know; is my answer correct?

Thanks.
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I want to say that there exist two kinds of English-- grammatically correct English and natural English. They are often the same, but sometimes they are not.

Your answer is grammatically correct, but it is probably not what I would say.

I hope my point is clearer now, Hanuman.
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