Timeline for Do we need to change 'and' to 'or' when the affirmative sentence is modified to negative or interrogative?
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| Nov 29, 2017 at 9:47 | comment | added | Min-Soo Pipefeet | @dan Yes, indeed there are several "rules of thumb" which are dependent on context. I have had a chat conversation with two native speakers and got more explanations about the usage of different negations ("and"/"or"). I will summarize them in my answer. | |
| Nov 29, 2017 at 2:19 | comment | added | dan | @Min-SooPipefeet, Thanks for trying hard to get this clear!!! So, as a conclusion, it seems that there indeed is a rule for this. When we change "I like bread , rice and porridge." to "I don't like bread , rice or porridge," we should change and to or. I think there should be some other circumstances in which this rule should be applied, but it's still hard for us to identify. That's the very reason why I asked here originally. Thanks again for trying to get this clear! | |
| Nov 28, 2017 at 10:18 | comment | added | Min-Soo Pipefeet | @dan I agree that looks a bit clumsy if the emphasis of the negation is not intended. Watch what answers we will get to this question ell.stackexchange.com/questions/148497/… | |
| Nov 28, 2017 at 8:38 | comment | added | dan | @Min-SooPipefeet, "I like neither bread nor rice nor porridge." looks clumsy. Not sure if there is a better way to address it. | |
| Nov 28, 2017 at 7:52 | comment | added | Min-Soo Pipefeet | @dan No, "I don't like bread, rice or porridge" means you don't like at least one of them but you're not saying which - so, you're letting your reader guessing. If you mean you don't like all of them you need to say "I like neither bread nor rice nor porridge." macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/… | |
| Nov 28, 2017 at 2:25 | comment | added | dan | @Min-SooPipefeet, the sentence "I like bread , rice and porridge." means you like all of them, so the negation should mean you don't like all of them. In this case, should we put "I don't like bread , rice or porridge?" | |
| Nov 27, 2017 at 12:01 | comment | added | Min-Soo Pipefeet | @dan If your negation should mean that you don't like at least one of them then your answer could be "Bread, rice and porridge - I don't like one of them" or "I don't like at least one of bread, rice and porridge." or "I don't like bread, or I don't like rice or porridge but you have to guess which one!" If your negation should mean that you don't like all of them then your answer could be "I (don't) like neither bread nor rice nor porridge." | |
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| Oct 26, 2017 at 23:14 | comment | added | dan | How about this pair "I like bread , rice and porridge." vs "I don't like bread , rice or porridge." ? | |
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| Oct 26, 2017 at 17:01 | history | answered | Bassie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |