{"id":72403,"date":"2019-09-29T08:52:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T08:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72403"},"modified":"2019-09-29T08:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T08:54:28","slug":"neither-nor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/neither-nor\/","title":{"rendered":"Neither\/Nor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neither <\/b>means not one nor the other of two<\/i>. It is followed by a singular noun and verb.<\/p>\n
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  • Neither shirt looks <\/b>good on you.<\/li>\n
  • Neither statement is <\/b>true.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Neither of<\/h3>\n

    Before a determiner (articles, possessives and distributives) or a personal pronoun, we use neither of.<\/b><\/p>\n

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    • Neither of my parents lives <\/b>with me.<\/li>\n
    • Neither of my sisters is <\/b>married.<\/li>\n
    • I like neither of them.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The pronoun that comes after neither of <\/b>is plural in number. The verb is normally singular, but can be plural in an informal style.<\/p>\n

      Neither and nor to mean also not<\/i><\/h3>\n

      The adverbs neither <\/b>and nor <\/b>mean also not<\/i><\/b>. They can be used at the beginning of a clause after a negative idea.<\/p>\n

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      • I don\u2019t like <\/b>science fiction. Neither does <\/b>my husband. (OR<\/b> My husband does not either.)<\/li>\n
      • Alice didn\u2019t come<\/b>, and nor did <\/b>Mary. (OR <\/b>Mary didn’t either.)<\/li>\n
      • We have never<\/b> been to Paris. Neither have <\/b>I. (OR <\/b>I haven\u2019t either.)<\/li>\n
      • She can\u2019t come <\/b>today, and neither can <\/b>her brother. (OR<\/b> And her brother can\u2019t either)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Note that here we use the inverted word order neither\/nor + auxiliary verb + subject.<\/b><\/p>\n

        Neither — nor<\/h4>\n

        This structure is used to join two negative ideas.<\/p>\n

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        • My father can\u2019t speak English.<\/li>\n
        • My mother can\u2019t speak English.<\/li>\n
        • Neither <\/b>my father nor <\/b>my mother can speak English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          After neither,<\/b> we use a positive verb to mean a negative idea.<\/p>\n

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          • I don\u2019t drink.<\/li>\n
          • I don\u2019t smoke.<\/li>\n
          • I neither drink <\/b>nor smoke. <\/b> (NOT<\/b> I neither don\u2019t drink nor don\u2019t smoke.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            When two singular nouns are joined by neither —nor,<\/b> the verb is normally singular, but it can be plural in an informal style.<\/p>\n

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            • Neither Alice <\/b>nor Mary is<\/b> good at painting. (normal)<\/li>\n
            • Neither Alice nor Mary are <\/b>good at paiting. (informal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              Neither, Nor, Not..Either<\/h3>\n

              We can use neither<\/b> and nor<\/b> to mean also not<\/i>. They come at the beginning of a clause, and are followed by inverted word order: auxiliary verb + subject.<\/p>\n

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              • \u2018I can\u2019t speak French.\u2019 \u2018Neither can I.\u2019 (NOT I also can\u2019t.)<\/li>\n
              • John didn\u2019t turn up, and nor did Alice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                We can also use not — either <\/b>with the same meaning and normal word order.<\/p>\n

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                • I can\u2019t speak French. I can\u2019t either.<\/li>\n
                • John didn\u2019t turn up, and Alice didn\u2019t either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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