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Asdf_user Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
"either... or" after "no" ??
I need help:
in the following sentence, which is right: "neither... nor", or "either... or" after a "no" is already in the sentence...?
"no effect of temperature could be seen (n)either in lipids (n)or in proteins"
in the following sentence, which is right: "neither... nor", or "either... or" after a "no" is already in the sentence...?
"no effect of temperature could be seen (n)either in lipids (n)or in proteins"
Top answer
Hi, I would go with (either - or) pair.
- Hi, I would go with (either - or) pair.
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You need either ... or because you already have the negative word 'no':
No effect could be seen in either the ... or the ...
To express the same idea without the word 'no', you could say this:
An effect could be seen in neither the ... nor the ...
No effect could be seen in either the ... or the ...
To express the same idea without the word 'no', you could say this:
An effect could be seen in neither the ... nor the ...
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