Wednesday, March 21, 2012

" Confused with the use of "Either or and Neither nor" ?

    This is one of the grammar mishaps that most of us take for granted but let's try to reconsider it again. Now, let's read and learn!

 Either or is;
  • "Either" expresses one noun/pronoun doing one thing and the other noun/pronoun doing another; 
  •  is a "positive" word because what is occurring is true.
  •  "Either" can be paired with "or", but not "nor"

Example: He wanted to eat  either sukiyaki or tempura.
              I think it is either Suzuki or Sasaki hit the goal.

Neither nor is;
  •   can be paired with "nor" but not with or.
  •   it is used when you are saying not the first object and not the second object are behaving in a certain way
  •  "Nor" can also be used independently when negating the second part of two negative clauses.

 Example: Neither Jane nor Jess attend the wedding.
                I don't like to dance nor to sing.


Now let's try to answer this:

Fill up the missing word;
 "Sussie has not gone to school today, _______ has she done her homework”

What is the answer to this question? Since the statement says that Sussie has not gone to school and has not done her assignment which states a negative idea then the answer is  "nor". Then the correct sentence would be:

"Sussie has not gone to school today, nor has she done his homework”


So, Let's learn more and more words to improve your English speaking skills here at Lakeside International Academy.






















 

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