Neither -nor

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Neither -nor

samahdaba1983

Neither -nor

Hello everyone

Please I am confused with the use of negative or positive sentences with neither / nor .

Which of the following sentences is correct ? why?

*I can �t neither sing nor dance. OR I can neither sing nor dance.

I don �t have neither uncles nor aunts. OR Ihave neither uncles nor aunts.

Thanks .

26 Feb 2018

In both cases the second example is correct.

It should use neither ... nor in positive sentences.

For further explanation on this google for double negative.

Mattea

26 Feb 2018