grammaire anglaise > formes négatives

conjonctions négatives corrélatives > neither ... nor

neither + N + nor + N

neither + V + nor + V

neither + adjectif + nor + adjectif

This is neither scepticism nor science

- just nonsense

Why is Bjorn Lomborg's work on climate change

taken seriously?

Headline and sub,
G,
23.10.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/oct/23/
environment.science 

The United States last night vetoed

a United Nations resolution demanding

that Israel neither harm nor expel

the Palestinian authority president,

Yasser Arafat.

US vetoes UN call to protect Arafat,
G, 17.9.2003,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/17/
usa.israelandthepalestinians

Neither safeadjective nor soundadjective

Rules imposed by China on travel to Tibet

on the pretext of 'ensuring safety'

have created a corrupt system

that fails to protect tourists from danger,

writes John Gittings

Headline and sub
G, 18.2.2002,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/18/
worlddispatch.china

Voir aussi > Anglonautes >

Grammaire anglaise explicative - niveau avancé

syntaxe >

séquences auxilaires / verbales :

active ≠ passive,

affirmative ≠ négative,

interrogative,

interro-négative,

infinitive,

impérative,

exclamative,

comparative,

elliptique,

résultative,

hypothétique

syntaxe > autres séquences :

toviseur,

ellipse,

SVO, OSV,

séquences -ing,

séquences -en,

clivée,

as...as