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Discover LudwigThe phrase "neither...nor" is correct and commonly used in written English
It is used to connect two negative ideas or options. Example sentence: Neither the student nor the teacher knew the answer to the difficult question.
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However, neither NOR nor BALB/c T cells induce cFLIPp43 expression or proliferate in response to CD40 engagement.
We found that neither NOR or MYBBP1A overlapped with the DAPI-dense blocks.
The tyrannies Soros helped bring down were neither nor democratic nor socialist.
The DPJ has neither, nor has it had any success in persuading the smaller opposition parties to vote with it.
BNC has an open, quirky look in the mood of Corso Como 10 or Colette, and sells labels like Uma Wang and Neither Nor.
Neither nor is symmetric.
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It's a neither-nor form I happen to like — probably the Caribbean in me.
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.
Sørensen's fiction manifests in artistic form the theories of his philosophical writings, Digtere og daemoner (1959; "Poets and Demons") and Hverken-eller (1961; "Neither-Nor").
But he can't decide whether he should cross to Remy in the middle, or shoot, and his neither-nor effort is hacked clear by Terry.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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