Pesquise entre vários professores de Inglês...
J.L.
"Neither ... nor ..." In this case, I want to say, it doesn't rain in South California in summer and it doesn't in winter either. So, I say "It doesn't rain in Southern California neither in summer nor in winter" or "It doesn't rain in Southern California either in summer or in winter". Which one is correct?
22 de jan de 2011 15:01
Respostas · 5
1
In California it neither rains in summer nor in winter.
22 de janeiro de 2011
1
J.L. #2 is correct: It doesn't rain in Southern California either in summer or in winter. #1 is incorrect because you are using a double negative, which is considered bad grammar in English. It doesn't rain neither in summer nor in winter = It rains both in summer and in winter. Eliot's example is a correct and more elegant way to say the same thing.
22 de janeiro de 2011
Ainda não encontrou suas respostas?
Escreva suas perguntas e deixe os falantes nativos ajudá-lo!

Não perca a oportunidade de aprender uma língua no conforto da sua casa. Navegue pela nossa seleção de professores de línguas experientes e inscreva-se na sua primeira aula agora mesmo!