A few days ago
Anonymous

In whcih sentence are the conjunctions used correctly?

A. Either Fred nor John knew about the accident.

B. Neither beauty nor popularity was considered in the contest.

C. Mary enjoyed neither roller skating or ice skating.

D. The top award was given to neither Steve or Jim

Top 4 Answers
A few days ago
jurydoc

Favorite Answer

B. Either/or and Neither/nor is the correct pairing
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A few days ago
xandert_86
The Neither/nor pattern is correct in sentence B, but it should be ‘were’ not ‘was’:

Neither beauty nor popularity were considered in the contest.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
B…it’s kind of like letting visually impaired umpires choose the cheerleaders…lol
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A few days ago
Expat Mike
B.

It’s “Neither…nor” or “Either…or”. That can’t mix.

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