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AND or OR?
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AND or OR?
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Dear colleagues, I was wondering... 1. I don �t eat fruit or vegetables. 2. I eat fruit and vegetables. But what if the sentence has NEVER in it? Should I follow the same rule as the first sentence? That is I never eat fruit or vegetables The structure is positive, but not the meaning... Thanks a lot for your help, Chiara |
25 Nov 2015
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Teacher Maira
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Hello, Customer. Could you use NOR or NEITHER or AND and OR are the only options? Because they sound better to me. I don �t eat fruit, neither vegetables. I never eat fruit, neither vegetables. |
25 Nov 2015
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douglas
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I never eat fruit nor vegetables. (probably must "correct")
I never eat fruit or vegetables. (Probably most commonly used)
I never eat fruit and vegetables. (This could be understood as you don �t eat them together as a single dish, but perhaps you do eat them separately). |
25 Nov 2015
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cunliffe
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Agree with Douglas, although I haven �t heard �nor � for a long time - it seems to be well on its way out. |
25 Nov 2015
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customer
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Thanks a lot for your help!! |
25 Nov 2015
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alien boy
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I eat neither fruit nor vegetables.� � �I never eat fruit or vegetables� to me means that you don�t eat either fruit or vegetables,�separately or together. �I never eat fruit and vegetables� has the same meaning to me, even though this could be debated in logic. � �I never eat fruit with vegetables� means that you don�t eat them together, but�would eat them separately. � �
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25 Nov 2015
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