Neither ve Nor iki ad, adil, sifat, belirtec ya da eylemden her ikisinin de olumsuz oldugunu gostermek icin kullanilir.
Wednesday is neither the first nor the last day of the week – Carsamba ne haftanin ilk ne de son gunudur.
Mr Brown neither smokes nor drinks – Bay Brown ne sigara ne de icki icer.
Neither birinci, Nor ise kinci sozcukten once gelir. Oznesi ya da nesnesi olumsuz olan eylemin kendisi olumlu kalir.
Neither Mr Brown nor his wife is very tall – Ne bay Brown ne de karisi cok uzun boyludur.
Bay Brown ve karisi gercekte ayri ayri eylemlerin tekil ozneleri olduklarindan, cumlenin eyleminin de ozneye uygun olarak kullanildigina dikkat edin. Bununla birlikte dilde, tekil iki ozne ayni eylemi paylasiyorlarsa, cogunlukla eylem cogul ozneye gore bicim alir.
Neither Peter nor John are at home this evening – Bu aksam ne Peter ne de john evde degil.
Ozneler cogul olunca eylemler de kesinlikle coguldur.
Neither parents nor friends were there to help him – Ona yardim etmek icin ne anasi babasi ne de arkadaslari orada bulunuyordu.
Sorular ve Cevaplar
Bu cumleleri tamamlamak icin neither ve nor kullaniniz.
S1- Grey is………..black……..white. S2- My father eats……………beef…………..pork. S3- We………..smoked…………..spoke all day. S4- Mary plays the violin…………….well………..badly. S5- I like my boiled eggs…………….hard…………soft.
Ornek: Today isn’t Monday. It isn’t Friday – Bugun Pazartesi degildir. Bugun Cuma degildir.
Today is neither Monday nor Friday – Bugun ne Pazartesi ne de cumadir.
Yukaridaki ornektekine uygun olarak asagidaki cumleleri neither ve nor kullanarak birlestiriniz.
Sorular S1- We don’t speak Spanish – We don’t speak French. S2- They can’t read. – They can’t write. S3- The film wasn’t exciting. – It wasn’t interesting. S4- He doesn’t speak quietly – He doesn’t speak clearly S5- That boy doesn’t speak kindly – He doesn’t speak politely.
Cevaplar C1- We speak neither Spanish nor French. C2- They can neither read nor write C3- The film was neither exciting nor interesting C4- He speaks neither quietly nor clearly C5- That boy speaks neither kindly nor politely.
