When you use neither in a sentence, use nor to follow it, not or. Or is usually use to follow either. And while in the process of using neither-nor, the verb following neither must be in present tense. It is because neither is already negating the verb and so using past tense would be unnecessary and it is not the proper way to do it.
I understand that you might find this grammar 101 as something stupid but then again, I find it necessary for a few people. And they really need to get themselves back to grade school. They can’t even construct a single sentence! 😉
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“When you use neither in a sentence, use nor to follow it, not or. Or is usually use to follow either. And while in the process of using neither-nor, the verb following neither must be in present tense. It is because neither is already negating the verb and so using past tense would be unnecessary and it is not the proper way to do it.”
Oh … my … gosh. @_@ Naguguluhan. [Did I use that word right? xDD]
Oh and something wrong with your navigation, it’s below all your content poke
Okay I get it lol. Thanks for the grammar lesson ^^
Wow grammer lessons, lol! How awesome Euri… I think I am in need of them. I think I blog without writing complete sentences, or I run on and I ignore my grammer too much. Bad way to practice for SAT… 🙁
Ahihi..ako sanay ako sa neither at nor.. pero kapag nagsalita na ako..nabubulol at nagkakakagulo ang mga sinasabi ko. Writing at speaking, ang hirap magintegrate.
Oh my! It looks horrible on IE! O.O I’ll fix it up! 😛
hehe.. it’s funny how people sometimes forget these minor things when they grow old.. good thing u know them by heart!
and oh did i tell u that i love ur bluntness?? btw, i love Beautiful Alone too. i used to sing that all the time..
GUNIT! noong nagkaroon nang Cellphone nauso po ang grade three grammar! ende lang grade 3… pati prep
ktulad n2 db 😛
share ko lang 😛
Typoglycemia
Don’t ignore this because it looks weird. Believe it or not
YOU can READ it.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan
mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch
taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t
mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng
is taht the frist and
lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a taotl mses and
you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn
mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the wrod as a wlohe.
Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed
Typoglycemia 🙂
Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought
slpeling was ipmotrnat
hehe…. I know that one…. and I sometimes laugh (just at myself or silently) when I hear someone saying… neither, then OR.. 😛
Just visiting and I love the new layout ^_^
Chette,
I’m not into correcting spellings. I myself commit those mistakes sometimes. It’s the grammar for goodness sake! I don’t hate people speaking in preparatory type of English, but not in formal conversations. Look at our school for example, look at how many people could construct one, not two but one simple sentence correctly. And tell me if they are even half the population at least.
I guess I need to brush up my grammar…