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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Two questions on differences: or and nor; content-setting words first

1) What is the possible difference in terms of possible ramifications?

On that day He said to Peter this.
He said to Peter this on that day.

Up on the mountain, He knelt down to pray.
He knelt down to pray up on the mountain.

2) What is the difference?

To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese or English.
To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese nor speak in English.
To play this game, you should not move or say anything.
To play this game, you should not move nor say anything.
  

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1) When a capitalized "He" is in the middle of a sentence, it means *** or a great religious figure (usually the reference is in the context) 2) To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese or English. OK. Usually "in" is omitted.

  • 1) When a capitalized "He" is in the middle of a sentence, it means *** or a great religious figure (usually the reference is in the context) 2) To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese or English.
  • OK.
  • Usually "in" is omitted.
  • It means I can speak French or Spanish or Russian or....
  • To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese nor speak in English.
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1) When a capitalized "He" is in the middle of a sentence, it means *** or a great religious figure (usually the reference is in the context)

2)
To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese or English. OK. Usually "in" is omitted. It means I can speak French or Spanish or Russian or....

To play this game, you should not speak in Chinese nor speak in
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Thank you.

I think, for this, the only "nor" use is correct and the use of both "neither" and "nor" is not.

I recommend that he don't write graffiti on the wall, nor should he talk while his mouth is full.
I think he should not write graffiti on the wallm nor should he talk while his mouth is full.

I think the above structure from those sentence is different

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