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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Not... nor...

OK, sample sentence: My favorite flavor of ice cream is not chocolate, nor vanilla. It should be or, right? Or perhaps a better sentence would be "My favorite flavor of ice cream is neither chocolate nor vanilla". Does it matter if I used neither + nor or not + or?

(bonus question: should 'end goal' should have a hyphen?)
  

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Anonymous My favorite flavor of ice cream is not chocolate, nor vanilla. It should be or, right? Right.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous My favorite flavor of ice cream is not chocolate, nor vanilla.
  • It should be or, right?
  • Right.
  • Anonymous perhaps a better sentence would be "My favorite flavor of ice cream is neither chocolate nor vanilla" Not better.
  • but an alternative.
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Anonymous My favorite flavor of ice cream is not chocolate, nor vanilla. It should be or, right?
Right.
Anonymous perhaps a better sentence would be "My favorite flavor of ice cream is neither chocolate nor vanilla"
Not better. but an alternative.
AnonymousDoes it matter if I used neither + nor or not
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