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Which sentence is correct?
1. He never smokes and drinks.
2. He never smokes or drinks.
Which sentence is correct?
1. He never smokes and drinks.
2. He never smokes or drinks.
1. He never smokes and drinks.
2. He never smokes or drinks.
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- English (US)
@studiousboy both of these sentences are grammatically correct but have 2 different meanings
1. means he only smokes without drinking or he only drinks without smoking
2. means he doesn’t do so either
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- English (US)
@studiousboy both of these sentences are grammatically correct but have 2 different meanings
1. means he only smokes without drinking or he only drinks without smoking
2. means he doesn’t do so either
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@nile_river7 Thank you, so what in the world does 1 mean? Does it mean he only smokes or only drinks? Or it has to depend on the context?
- English (US)
@studiousboy no idea what it means. maybe they’re saying he does one or the other. i think it depends on the context. but still very confusing
- Simplified Chinese (China)
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