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Tablesaw Tablesawsen ([personal profile] tablesaw) wrote2004-04-03 11:44 pm

An Informal Survey.

Which of these sounds more natural to you:
[Poll #273176]

[identity profile] highersoul.livejournal.com 2004-04-04 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
wait... what if i DID take the Mason from the Mason jar?

As punctuated...

[identity profile] tirinian.livejournal.com 2004-04-04 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
Neither sounds better. "I did not take the cookies from the cookie jar. Neither did I take the Mason from the Mason jar."

But:
"I did not take the cookies from the cookie jar, nor did I take the Mason from the Mason jar." sounds more natural.

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2004-04-04 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nor" sounds more natural, but I could see "neither" on something more formal or strict or wordy.