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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Use of "nor"

Hi, is this use of 'nor' correct?

He didn't play soccer nor played tennis yesterday.

I think this is correct.

He didn't do his homework nor did he wash his clothes.
  

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Hi Anon Anonymous He didn't play soccer nor played tennis yesterday. No, your sentence is not OK that way. Here are some ways to use "nor": - He played neither soccer nor tennis yesterday.

  • Hi Anon Anonymous He didn't play soccer nor played tennis yesterday.
  • No, your sentence is not OK that way.
  • Here are some ways to use "nor": - He played neither soccer nor tennis yesterday.
  • - Yesterday he didn't play soccer.
  • Nor did he play tennis.
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Hi Anon
AnonymousHe didn't play soccer nor played tennis yesterday.
No, your sentence is not OK that way. Here are some ways to use "nor":
- He played neither soccer nor tennis yesterday.
- Yesterday he didn't play soccer. Nor did he play tennis.
AnonymousI think this is correct.

He didn't do his homework nor did he w
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hi everyone,

Neither homework nor clothes , he didn't do anything
can i change the above sentence to this ?
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No, that sounds awkward. Maybe, “He did neither homework nor clothes washing. He didn’t do anything.” Or, “He neither washed his clothes nor did he do his homework. He did nothing.” “he didn’t do anything, neither homework nor clothes,” might be acceptable, assuming what he’s not doing to the clothes is understood.

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