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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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use of neither correct?

"I would neither want to be a alien nor a human."
  

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" We would put the negation with the main verb ( want ) and use "either ... or" at the end (and "either" is optional). I would not want to be (either) an alien or a human.

  • " We would put the negation with the main verb ( want ) and use "either ...
  • or" at the end (and "either" is optional).
  • I would not want to be (either) an alien or a human.
  • It is more usual to see neither ...
  • nor at the beginning of a sentence (with the subject of the sentence).
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Anonymous"I would neither want to be an alien nor a human."
We would put the negation with the main verb (want) and use "either ... or" at the end (and "either" is optional).

I would not want to be (either) an alien or a human.

It is more usual to see neither ... nor at the beginning of

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