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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Usage of "nor"
Hello, I would like to know whether "nor" is used correctly in the following sentence: "This quantity does not depend on x NOR y." ?
It sounds wrong to me. I'd rather say "depends neither on x nor on y" or "is independent of x and y".
Thank you very much!
It sounds wrong to me. I'd rather say "depends neither on x nor on y" or "is independent of x and y".
Thank you very much!
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" ? In my opinion it's correct but in an older style. I don't think most writers use that construction anymore.
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- In my opinion it's correct but in an older style.
- I don't think most writers use that construction anymore.
- Now we usually take the scope of the initial "not" to extend to the end of the clause, and therefore use "or" instead of "nor".
- This quantity does not depend on x or y.
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AnonymousI would like to know whether "nor" is used correctly in the following sentence: "This quantity does not depend on x NOR y." ?In my opinion it's correct but in an older style. I don't think most writers use that construction anymore. Now we usually take the scope of the initial "not" to extend to the end of the clause, and therefore use "or" instead
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