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The remake of the film was neither enjoyable and definitely not faithful to the original film.
When "neither" is used in a sentence, "nor" should follow it, creating the structure "neither X nor Y," where X and Y are items formatted in the same manner. To correct the sentence, we need to change "and definitely not" to "nor." Several answer choices do this: "nor faithful to the original film," "nor were it faithful to the original film," and "nor was it faithful to the original film." "Nor were it faithful to the original film" and "nor was it faithful to the original film" might each look like potentially correct answers, but each introduces a verb that disrupts the parallel structure of "neither X nor Y," in which "nor" should be immediately followed by "faithful to the original film." The correct answer is thus "nor faithful to the original film," making the corrected sentence, "The remake of the film was neither enjoyable nor faithful to the original film."
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In the future, not Ellen and not Marcia are allowed to go outside without asking the teacher for permission.
The correct form for this sentence is "neither . . . nor." In addition, "neither . . .nor" leads to use of the singular form "is"rather than "are_."_
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When she went to the zoo, Lyndsey got to see not only tigers, but polar bears, iguanas, and toucans.
In standard English, when you use the phrase "not only" in a sentence, it should be followed by the phrase "but also." So, the correct answer is "When she went to the zoo, Lyndsey got to see not only tigers, but also polar bears, iguanas, and toucans."
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In Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, the heroine, Catherine, must choose between true love or social preeminence.
Only answer choice "the heroine, Catherine, must choose between true love and social preeminence" correctly uses "and" with the preposition "between."
The other answer choices, including the original text "the heroine, Catherine, must choose between true love or social preeminence," contain an incorrect idiomatic expression. When we have "between," we typically need the word "and"—rather than "or"—to separate the entities that follow.
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After Jonas graduates from high school, his father hopes that Jonas will either attend college nor join the army to learn a skill.
Correlative conjunctions are used in specific pairs: "either" must be paired with "or" and "neither" must be paired with "nor" when you want to use them as correlative conjunctions. When using these correlative conjunctions, it is also important to remember to use parallel phrasing with each element that is being associated through the use of the conjunction.
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She told her children that she would take them to either the toy store or to the ice cream parlor if they finished all their chores on time.
The correlative conjunctions “either” and “or” get paired together here. In "either . . . or" sentences, the two options being discussed (in this case, going to the toy store and going to the ice cream parlor) must be presented in a grammatically parallel way so that the words following “either” and the words following “or” are parallel phrases. In this case, “to the toy store” and “to the ice cream parlor” are the only options that are parallel; otherwise, you’re comparing apples and oranges.
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The teacher reprimanded his class, saying that he was neither pleased with their poor work nor was he willing to accept their rowdy behavior.
The correlative conjunctions “neither” and “nor” belong together. In "neither . . . nor" sentences, the two options (“pleased with their poor work” and “willing to accept their rowdy behavior”) must be presented in a grammatically parallel way so that the words following “neither” and the words following “nor” are parallel phrases.
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Billy and Sarah had a huge fight the other day; Billy wants neither to apologize or to take full responsibility for what he said.
Whenever you use the word "neither," the proper conjunction to follow it with is "nor." Therefore, here, you need to use "nor" rather than any of the other choices.
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The fight against the British in the 1770s was likely more significant to American history than the Civil War and World War II.
"than both the Civil War plus World War II" - This option contains a major error, in that it connects the Civil War and World War II with an improper conjunction "plus." "Plus" should only be used to discuss mathematical relationships, it is not a suitable replacement for the word "and" (which is the correct correlative conjunction for "both").
"than either the Civil War nor World War II." - This option uses the incorrect correlative conjunction of "nor" with "either." The correct correlative conjunction for "either" is "or."
"than either Civil War and World War II were." - This option again uses an incorrect correlative conjunction, incorrectly pairing "either" with "and." Also, the repetition of the verb "were" is unnecessary.
"than both the Civil War or World War II." - This option uses the incorrect correlative conjunction pairing of "both" with "or."
"than both the Civil War and World War II." - This option is correct, and features no error. It is the only option to feature a correct correlative conjunction pairing.
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Either you work for the crown, nor you are against the crown.
When "either" is used at the beginning of a sentence, it must be followed with the correlative conjunction "or." "Either you work for the crown, or you are against the crown" is the best way to write the underlined portion of the sentence. When "neither" is used "nor" is the necessary correlative conjunction.
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Neither the teachers or the students were pleased with the way the assembly was conducted.
When using "neither" at the beginning of a sentence, it must be followed with the correlative conjunction "nor." Therefore, "Neither the teachers nor the students" is the best way to write the underlined portion of the sentence. "Or" is the correct correlative conjunction to use with "either." "Neither the teachers nor the students were pleased with the way the assembly was conducted" is the only version of the sentence that corrects the correlative conjunction error while creating no additional errors.
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John not only desired loyalty from his men, but demanded their courage.
"Not only", when used at the beginning of a sentence, must be followed with the correlative conjunction "but also." Therefore, "John not only desired loyalty from his men, but also demanded their courage" is the best way to write the underlined portion of the sentence.
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Gregory went to the grocery store not only for eggs, but for lettuce and potato chips.
When "not only" is used, it should be followed by the correlative conjunction "but also." "But for" is used to signal exceptions, and can be synonymous with "were it not for", as in the example: "He would have been the best basketball player in the world, but for his height." "But also" is appropriate in this case, signaling the inclusion of additional items to the groceries.
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Either you take out that trash, nor you will have to find a new roommate.
When either is used in any sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "or." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "Either you take out that trash, or you will have to find a new roommate."
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My mother told me to go to the store and pick up either ten apples, or ten bananas.
When either is used in a sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "or." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "My mother told me to go to the store and pick up either ten apples, or ten banana."
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Choose the answer below which best replaces the underlined section of the following sentence. This should result in a sentence that meets all of the rules of standard written English.
Neither beef or pork is particularly sustainable as a food source.
When neither is used in any sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "nor." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "Neither beef nor pork is particularly sustainable as a food source."
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Choose the answer below which best replaces the underlined section of the following sentence. This should result in a sentence that meets all of the rules of standard written English.
Not only have you ruined your friendship with Mark, but made Paul very upset.
When "not only" is used in any sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "but also." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "Not only have you ruined your friendship with Mark, but also you made Paul very upset."
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Wendy was given the option to choose between tofu or chicken for dinner; she is not a fan of either and struggled to decide.
The semicolon use is correct already. The issue lies in the conjunction following "between." It should be "and" not "or." She had to pick between tofu AND chicken, not between tofu OR chicken.
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Either Mark nor Steve left this water ring on the fancy table.
Whenever you see the conjunction "either," it must always be followed by the correlative conjunction "or." As such, the "nor" in the sentence should be changed to "or."
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Either my favorite team nor your favorite team played particularly well this year.
The presence of the word "nor" in the sentence above indicates that the first word of the sentence should be "Neither." Neither and nor are correlative conjunctions, and should be used together.
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