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28 January
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What is the difference between She has never been late for class and neither have I. and She has never been late for class and nor have I. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between She has never been late for class and neither have I. and She has never been late for class and nor have I. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Could also be:
Neither she nor I have ever been late for class.
The most common for your sentence would be “Neither of us has ever been late to class.”
While w-silent’s answer is grammatically correct, you will never hear anyone speak like that, your sentence is more natural.
People will use either/or very often, but typically no one uses neither/nor in everyday speaking. Because it sounds strange to have so many negatives. So we say “I don’t like —— or ——. I also don’t like ——. [I don’t like —— either.]
And you can use nor alone as in:
A: I don’t like ——.
B: Nor do I. [but not very common]
These would be more common:
Neither do I.
Me neither.
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- English (US)
Same.
She has never been late for class and neither have I.
She has never been late for class, nor have I.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
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the latter is incorrect. “neither” and “nor” are bosom buddies. They require balance. A “nor” usually follows a “neither” when they're used in the same sentence. For example, you might say, “I like neither hot dogs nor mustard.” You may also use “nor” if you’re talking about more than two items, but you must repeat “nor” after each element . So if you want to add ketchup to your list of dislikes, you have to say, “I like neither hot dogs nor mustard nor ketchup.” It would be incorrect to use an “or” anywhere in that sentence—or to leave out either case of “nor.”
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@tokyofroodle @w-silent Thank you so much for the reply.
- English (US)
Could also be:
Neither she nor I have ever been late for class.
The most common for your sentence would be “Neither of us has ever been late to class.”
While w-silent’s answer is grammatically correct, you will never hear anyone speak like that, your sentence is more natural.
People will use either/or very often, but typically no one uses neither/nor in everyday speaking. Because it sounds strange to have so many negatives. So we say “I don’t like —— or ——. I also don’t like ——. [I don’t like —— either.]
And you can use nor alone as in:
A: I don’t like ——.
B: Nor do I. [but not very common]
These would be more common:
Neither do I.
Me neither.
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- Japanese
@tokyofroodle The idea of how commonly they are used is very helpful. Thank you again so so much.
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