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[rayt]

Dear teacher,

There is a piece of news says turtles ran across runway in JFK airport.

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JetBlue reported the news with a series of light-hearted posts on its official Twitter account at approximately 9:40am.

One tweet read: 'Running over turtles is not healthy for them nor is it good for our tires.'
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For the last sentence ���. is not healthy for them nor is it good for our tires.� Please clarify me, why is it ���� nor is it good�..� instead of ��� nor is good��.�?

Please help.

[lotus]

"It" refers to the act of running over the turtles.


--lotus
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[rayt]

Tank you.

Could please clarify me, is "it" a MUST in this sentence? Or it could be omitted?

[Lorikeet]

You must have it; it cannot be omitted.

[Mary W. Ng]

One tweet read: 'Running over turtles is not healthy for them nor is it good for our tires.'
Unquote

For the last sentence ���. is not healthy for them nor is it good for our tires.� Please clarify me, why is it ���� nor is it good�..� instead of ��� nor is good��.�?

In the quoted sentence, nor is a conjunction joining two main clauses; it is the subject of the second main clause, and should not be omitted. Please note that nor introduces an inverted main clause.

I hope this helps.
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