TENSE TUESDAY: USING 'NEITHER...NOR'
16 / 02 / 2016
TENSE TUESDAY: USING 'NEITHER...NOR': meaning and examples
Hello everyone! I hope that you're having an enjoyable Tuesday.
Today we are looking at the correlative conjunctons NEITHER and NOR, which often appear together in sentences when you refer to two things or two people. A correlative conjunction is a coordinating conjunction that pairs up with other words to connect elements in a sentence.
We use NEITHER . . . NOR in a sentence in the negative sense when we want to say that two or more things are not true. Using NEITHER . . . NOR together is quite simple, and it's a great way to give your writing and speaking a little variety.
Here are some examples.
Example 1: Neither Sarah nor Jane wanted to eat dinner.
Example 2: Neither my sister nor my brother speaks Italian.
In the sentences above, we referred to two things in the negative. We can refer to more, but we need to use NOR before each of the things we refer to.
Example 3: Neither my sister nor my brother nor my mother speaks Italian.
I hope you enjoyed today's lesson. Thank you for reading! We will see you tomorrow for Wordy Wednesday and an interesting idiom, BURY THE HATCHET.
See you tomorrow!
Today we are looking at the correlative conjunctons NEITHER and NOR, which often appear together in sentences when you refer to two things or two people. A correlative conjunction is a coordinating conjunction that pairs up with other words to connect elements in a sentence.
We use NEITHER . . . NOR in a sentence in the negative sense when we want to say that two or more things are not true. Using NEITHER . . . NOR together is quite simple, and it's a great way to give your writing and speaking a little variety.
Here are some examples.
Example 1: Neither Sarah nor Jane wanted to eat dinner.
Example 2: Neither my sister nor my brother speaks Italian.
In the sentences above, we referred to two things in the negative. We can refer to more, but we need to use NOR before each of the things we refer to.
Example 3: Neither my sister nor my brother nor my mother speaks Italian.
I hope you enjoyed today's lesson. Thank you for reading! We will see you tomorrow for Wordy Wednesday and an interesting idiom, BURY THE HATCHET.
See you tomorrow!
