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Neither, nor and not ... either

We can use neither and nor to mean ‘also not’. They come at the beginning of a clause, and are followed by inverted word order: auxiliary verb + subject.

  • ‘I can’t speak French.’ ‘Neither can I.’ (NOT I also can’t.)
  • John didn’t turn up, and nor did Alice.

We can also use not … either with the same meaning and normal word order.

  • I can’t speak French. I can’t either.
  • John didn’t turn up, and Alice didn’t either.

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