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Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Simple question: or/and

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00 I haven't thought about doing things in a group. 11b10 Or 12b10 I haven't thought that I should do something just because everyone around me does it. 12blockquote
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00Is it possible to replace 'or' above with 'and'? 0-
  

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0 I believe I would replace 'Or I haven't thought' with 'Nor have I thought' since the two statements involve two sides of one idea, that is, an individual acting in relation to a group. It could also be worked into a single sentence: 02br 02br 00I have neither thought about doing things in a group, nor doing something just because everyone around me does it. 0-

— Davkett

  • 0 I believe I would replace 'Or I haven't thought' with 'Nor have I thought' since the two statements involve two sides of one idea, that is, an individual acting in relation to a group.
  • It could also be worked into a single sentence: 02br 02br 00I have neither thought about doing things in a group, nor doing something just because everyone around me does it.
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0 I believe I would replace 'Or I haven't thought' with 'Nor have I thought' since the two statements involve two sides of one idea, that is, an individual acting in relation to a group. It could also be worked into a single sentence: 02br
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0 i) I have NEITHER thought about doing things in a group NOR have I thought OF doING something just because everyone around me does it. 02br
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00ii) I haven't thought about doing things in a group AND NEITHER have I thought OF doING something just because everyone around me does it. 0-
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0 Thank you, people. But I know the usage of 'neither' and 'nor'. 02br
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00I'm just wondering if the single 'and' can be used to connect the sentences that I posted. 0-
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0 Temico, 02br
00Thank you for the correction in my offering. 02br
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00Taka, 02br
00When you make the choice between 'or' and 'and', it seems like you want a better conceptual connection between the two statements. 02br
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00'Or' sounds like the writer is changing her mind about what she is trying say; 'and' sounds like the wri
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00 'Or' sounds like the writer is changing her mind about what she is trying say 12blockquote
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00Not necessarily, in my opinion. Consider: 01blockquote
00 She studies botany, or the science of plants. 12blockquote
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0And I'll leap in here with the simplistic comment that 'and' is better there, all else unconsidered: 02br
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00'I haven't done this; 01b00and02b00 I haven't done that'-- rather than 01b00(X)02b00 'I haven't done this; 01b00or02b00 I haven't done that'. 0-
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0 Good, MM! 02br
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00So, if they are both independent, even the negatives can be connected by 'and'. 02br
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0By independent, are you speaking grammatically? These are equally independent: 02br
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00I haven't done this. I haven't done that. -- for having done neither of them. 02br
00I haven't done this; I haven't done that. -- for having done neither of them. 02br
00I haven't done this and I haven't done that.-- for having done neither of them. 02br
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0 It's not really possible from a string of only two thoughts, to know that it consitutes a list. 02br
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00Also, your example of 'or' in 'botany, or science of plants' doesn't seem relevant to the kind of connection implied by the juxtapositon of your two thoughts. 02br
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00One is a defining phrase, the other is a separate thought. 02br
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00 But the two negatives still rightfully take the 'and' conjunction 12blockquote
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00Great! I mean, I was taught that two negatives couldn't be connected by 'and': that we had to use 'or', 'nor', 'not either', or 'neither', which I have doubted for a long time. 02br
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00So, what exactly is the
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