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Neither, neither … nor and not … either - gramática inglés y uso de palabras en "English Grammar Today" - Cambridge University Press
Dec 5, 2019 · Neither with You. 2019. Gergő’s mother is obsessed with having a grandchild. She has a serious heart disease and has only days left to live. To give his mum some joy during her final hours, Gergő asks his neighbour Saci, who is five months pregnant, to visit his mother in hospital with him and tell her that she is carrying his child.
Don’t Like/Want/Need A, B, Or C. “Don’t like/want/need A, B, or C” is the opposite of saying you like it. This works best to replace “neither” when multiple options are used. You can use it to show that something isn’t favorable to you. Again, commas work better than using multiple “or’s” here because “A or B or C ...
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Aug 4, 2011 · Nov 27, 2013. #5. 5jj said: If we are speaking of two groups, then a plural verb is correct: Neither the French nor the Germans are happy about this. Informally, in British English, a plural verb is sometimes used when a singular verb is logically correct: Neither John nor Mary are coming. I recommend that you do not do this in exams.
Neither am I = I’m not hungry either. You aren’t trying. The response could be … Neither are you. Neither are you = You are not trying either! I don’t need help. Neither do I. Neither do I. = I don’t need help either. Steve doesn’t like fish. You could say Neither do I … but let’s talk about another person, let’s use the name Sam.
“Neither the Russians nor the Americans were ready to talk” is perfectly correct, but so is “Neither a British flag nor an American one flies above the pole.” The controversial case is disparate numbers where you actually have to check which part falls next to the verb, as in “Neither all the troops nor one general is ready” versus “Neither one general nor all the troops are ready”.
22 hours ago · neither. Not one of two; not either . Neither definition seems correct. 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax: She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy; [ …] .
