Question
Download Solution PDFDirection: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The family is neither interested in selling the house or rebuilding it.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is "nor rebuilding."
Key Points
- The use of "neither" at the beginning of the sentence requires the use of a negative conjunction.
- The sentence requires a negative conjunction to show that the family is not interested in both selling and rebuilding the house.
- We use neither … nor when we are talking about two or more things that are not true or that do not happen.
- "Nor" is a negative conjunction that connects two negative clauses.
- The sentence would be grammatically incorrect if "or" was used instead of "nor."
- Example: The play was neither as funny nor as exciting as she said it was.
- The correct answer is Option 3.
Correct sentence: The family is neither interested in selling the house nor rebuilding it.
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