Timeline for Standalone ɴᴏʀ: "neither this nor that" versus "not this nor that"?
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| Mar 14, 2020 at 21:46 | comment | added | HeWhoMustBeNamed | Re your comment to Lambie ("Imprecise words like "most" and “probably" simply do not cut it when such extraördinary claims are presented, for these always demand extraördinary evidence in equal measure): What do you find to be imprecise about "most" and "probably" there? As far as I see, it's the opposite -- adding qualifications to what you're saying, with "most" and "probably" is being precise. (Though the "probably" could be regarded as a "weasel word" there -- is that what you meant?) | |
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| Nov 21, 2016 at 15:16 | comment | added | Lambie | The problem with any language opinion is that it is not like an opinion in science. Nevertheless: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_English I make no value judgment. I am a LINGUIST. That said, I follow what my clients want. There is nothing extraordinary about my claim. | |
| Nov 21, 2016 at 13:34 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I think you're right about "unpaired nor" being a "little bit old-fashioned or formal". I just checked NGrams for have not the time nor and not you nor. They both show a significant decline over the past century. | |
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| Nov 20, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | tchrist | @Lambie Says who? Imprecise words like "most" and “probably" simply do not cut it when such extraördinary claims are presented, for these always demand extraördinary evidence in equal measure. To that end, I entreat you to present concrete, documented examples to back up this wild assertion. | |
| Nov 20, 2016 at 18:50 | comment | added | Lambie | It's not a myth. In most (institutional) style guides for most academic institutions or formal writing, they would probably want neither/nor. That said whatever the people she want, the people she can get. But that is a separate issue. Can you wear shorts to a black-tie dinner? Sure. But your hosts might quickly disinvite you too. Why does everybody get bogged down in moralism? There is The Way of the World, and then, there are our thoughts about that. | |
| Nov 20, 2016 at 18:40 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You'd know the terminology better than me, but is it not the case that nor is / requires a "negative polarity", and that the idea it must be paired with neither is simply a false / gross oversimplification? | |
| Nov 20, 2016 at 16:29 | history | answered | tchrist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |