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RedPenCJ Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Use of word "nor"
One of my staff submitted a safety article for our Company newsletter that gave the following definition of safety from Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (1996): "the quality of averting nor causing injury, danger or loss."
One of the readers inquired as to how the use of the word "nor" here could possibly be correct.
If it is in fact a correct usage, I'm hoping that somebody can explain the rule.
Thank you.
One of the readers inquired as to how the use of the word "nor" here could possibly be correct.
If it is in fact a correct usage, I'm hoping that somebody can explain the rule.
Thank you.
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That seems rather unusual. I think it's a misprint. Nevertheless, "nor" means "and not".
- That seems rather unusual.
- I think it's a misprint.
- Nevertheless, "nor" means "and not".
- Neither he nor I = Not he and not I.
- -- I don't like it.
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That seems rather unusual. I think it's a misprint.
Nevertheless, "nor" means "and not".
Neither he nor I = Not he and not I.
-- I don't like it.
-- Nor do I (like it either) = And I do not (like it either).
the quality of averting and not causing injury, ...
Nevertheless, "nor" means "and not".
Neither he nor I = Not he and not I.
-- I don't like it.
-- Nor do I (like it either) = And I do not (like it either).
the quality of averting and not causing injury, ...
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Thank you, CJ, from another Jim in California whose nickname happens to be CJ (but not standing for California Jim).
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