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Kenny1999 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Simple grammar question

if I want to say, for example, He is not tall. He is not rich. He is not handsome, which of the following is correct?

1. He is not rich, tall, and handsome.
2. He is not rich, not tall and not handsome
or
both wrong?
teach me please
  

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, he may be rich and tall, but not handsome, or tall and handsome, but not rich... And that is not the idea you want to give, is it? The second one may be correct, but it sounds a little odd to me, and I don't think it's much used...

— MrGuedes

  • , he may be rich and tall, but not handsome, or tall and handsome, but not rich...
  • And that is not the idea you want to give, is it?
  • The second one may be correct, but it sounds a little odd to me, and I don't think it's much used...
  • I would say "He is not rich nor tall nor handsome" "He is neither rich, nor tall, nor handsome".
  • If you have a series of things he isn't, I do not recommend that you use "and", but something like "nor" and "neither".
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The first one gives the idea that he is not rich, tall, and handsome all at the same time, i.e., he may be rich and tall, but not handsome, or tall and handsome, but not rich... And that is not the idea you want to give, is it?

The second one may be correct, but it sounds a little odd to me, and I don't think it's much used...

I would say "He is not rich nor tall nor
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He is not tall, rich, or handsome.
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Number 1 seems to say that he might be one of those things, but he isn't all three at the same time.

He is not rich, tall, and handsome. But, he is rich.

I would write, "He is not rich, tall, or handsome." That would mean that he is not rich. He is not tall. He is not handsome.
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He is not rich, tall or handsome.

Sentence 1 is just barely possible, as an answer, for example, to "Is he rich, tall and handsome?"

Sentence 2 is good, and it drives the point home, but my version is the plain way of putting it.
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He is not rich, tall, nor handsome.
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Anonymous He is not rich, tall, nor handsome.
"Nor" is not standard there.
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