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Salam1101 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Neither...nor

Hi
I'm kind of confused that how to use neither...nor in a sentence correctly.
eg: 1) I have time neither watching TV nor videos.
2) I don't have time neither watching TV nor videos.
No:(2) makes sense to me more than No:(1), but I might be wrong.
Please help me on this one.
Thanks in advance.
  

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Hello,Salam1101 "neither" is used "no" of group of two. It has negative meaning itself. So, we cannot use two negative word in same sentence.

— Hanuman_2000

  • Hello,Salam1101 "neither" is used "no" of group of two.
  • It has negative meaning itself.
  • So, we cannot use two negative word in same sentence.
  • I think (1) is correct.
  • V nor watching videos.
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Hello,Salam1101


"neither" is used "no" of group of two. It has negative meaning itself.


So, we cannot use two negative word in same sentence.

I think (1) is correct. But may like this

I have time neither wathing T.V nor watching videos.

or

I have time watching neither T.V nor videos.

I hope this will help you.
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Hanuman is correct in that we do not want to negate the verb as well as the objects. However, we have some other problems here:

XI have time neither watching TV nor videos.
XI have time neither wathing T.V nor watching videos.
XI have time watching neither T.V nor videos.

The idiomatic forms involved are 'time to do' and 'time for doing'. In ad
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Thank you very much for responses. Emotion: smile
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