A quickie

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Metamorfose
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A quickie

Post by Metamorfose » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:58 pm

Hello

Given:

I haven't got any brother or sisters?

Instead of or could I have and or nor, what do you say?

Thanks

José
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Stephen Jones
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Post by Stephen Jones » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:03 am

and yes, nor no.
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woodcutter
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Post by woodcutter » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:12 am

As a basic rule of thumb, a negative "n" word (no, neither...) precedes "nor".
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