3 years ago

In which sentence are the conjunctions used correctly?

2 answers:

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♥ <span>A. Neither beauty nor popularity was considered in the contest.

</span>A. Neither beauty nor popularity was considered in the contest. -CORRECT
B. The top award was given to neither Steve or Jim. -FALSE
C. Either Fred nor John knew about the accident. -FALSE
<span>D. Mary enjoyed neither roller skating or ice skating. -FALSE</span>

Advocard [28]3 years ago

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Neither and nor are used together.
Either and or are used together.
B uses neither and or together, so that is wrong.
C uses either and nor together, so C is wrong.
D uses neither and or together, so D is wrong.
That leaves A.
A used neither and nor together, which is correct.
So the answer is A.

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