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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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00At The American Heritage Book of English Usage at Bartleby.com in the section named "1. Grammar: Traditional Rules, Word Order, Agreement, and Case", I saw this line in its note:02br
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00However, when a verb is negated by 01i00not02i00 or 01i00never02i00, and is followed by a negative verb phrase (but not an entire clasue), you can use either 01i00or02i00 or 01i00nor: He will not permit the change or (or nor) even consider it. 02i02br
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01i01b00Can you tell me what is it saying???02b02i02br
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00Before that, it had this example sentence:02br
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01i00He cannot find anyone now, nor does he expect to find anyone in the future. Jane will never compromise with Bill, nor will Bill compromise wth Jane.02i02br
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00And it seemed to have noted that these constructions 01i00nor 02i00causes an inversion of the "does' and 'will' and subject (whatever that is). 0-
  

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12i 12b 12blockquote 10He is saying that these are both right:02br 02br 01i 00He will not permit the change 01b 00or 02b 00even consider it. 02br 00He will not permit the change 01b 00nor02b 00 even consider it. 02i 0-

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  • 12i 12b 12blockquote 10He is saying that these are both right:02br 02br 01i 00He will not permit the change 01b 00or 02b 00even consider it.
  • 02br 00He will not permit the change 01b 00nor02b 00 even consider it.
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01b11i10Can you tell me what is it saying???12i12b12blockquote
10He is saying that these are both right:02br
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01i00He will not permit the change 01b00or 02b00even consider it. 02br
00He will not permit the change 01b00nor02b00
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