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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a neither" is not correct and usable in written English.
It is not a standard expression and does not convey a clear meaning in English.
Example: "I would choose a neither option, but that doesn't exist."
Alternatives: "neither one" or "not either".
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With the top clubs from each hemisphere in Group A, neither the Cowboys (despite a 5-1 record) nor Leeds progressed to the quarter-finals.
Walcott calls himself a "mongrel," a "neither proud nor ashamed bastard," a "hybrid".
The government, adopting a "neither confirm nor deny" approach, is responding to allegations about the programmes on a hypothetical premise.
While the text of the new urban agenda is a neither here nor there document, it does commit governments to "work towards an urban paradigm shift".
In this regard Tomic plays a bit like Andy Murray in that he absorbs pace and returns the ball in a neither offensive or defensive manner, but instead more neutral.
We owe it to our team to try to develop Darko, and that's hopefully what we'll be able to do.' " The Pistons are two months into their development of Milicic, a neither surprising nor telling time frame.
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It's a neither-nor form I happen to like — probably the Caribbean in me.
There can be a neither-fish-nor-fowl quality to modern work done by ballet companies.
In a neither-nor or either-or construction, the verb agrees with the closest part of the subject.
After a neither-nor construction, if the subjects are both singular, use a singular verb: Neither Dana nor Dale was happy.
I trailed them among the secret stores and wholesale houses of New York's East 20s, a neither-here-nor-there area north of Gramercy Park, where I lived.
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