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Fedoz7 Posted 11 years ago
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John was neither willing to go .....................
1- nor able go
2- nor was able
3- nor he was able
4- nor able to go
I chose 4
Am I right ?
please explain it
1- nor able go
2- nor was able
3- nor he was able
4- nor able to go
I chose 4
Am I right ?
please explain it
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Yes. (1) is ungrammatical because the infinitive marker "to" is missing. (3) is ungrammatical because inversion is required after "nor".
- Yes.
- (1) is ungrammatical because the infinitive marker "to" is missing.
- (3) is ungrammatical because inversion is required after "nor".
- (2) is awkwardly constructed because of lack of parallelism between "willing to go" and "was able".
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Yes.
(1) is ungrammatical because the infinitive marker "to" is missing. (3) is ungrammatical because inversion is required after "nor". (2) is awkwardly constructed because of lack of parallelism between "willing to go" and "was able".
(1) is ungrammatical because the infinitive marker "to" is missing. (3) is ungrammatical because inversion is required after "nor". (2) is awkwardly constructed because of lack of parallelism between "willing to go" and "was able".
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