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Talking about the old cliche about useless meteorological services and inaccuracy of popular weather predictions, I wanted to say "¿qué voy a hacer si no puedo confiar en el servicio meterológico ni en las creencias populares?".
But I'm having a mental blockage and I can't decide which sentence would be correct: - What will I do if I can't trust the meteorological service nor the popular beliefs? - What will I do if I can't trust the meteorological service or the popular beliefs? - What will I do if I can't trust either the meteorological service nor the popular beliefs? ...or none? Thank you for any help to review this side of grammar.
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I'd say the first two are both correct, but in the third sentence I would use 'or' in stead of 'nor'. Another possibility is:
"What will I do if I can trust neither the met.. nor the pop.. Peter |
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What will I do if I can trust neither the meteorological service nor the popular beliefs? I'm not totally sure about @Rusty's link: Quote:
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Thank you all!
@Rusty: Thank you for the link... I will be writing some exercises to make sure I get it right. @Perikles: Thank you for the explanation. This has always been tricky for me.
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@Perikles, I believe it is correct to use 'nor' at the beginning of a sentence (or a clause) without neither.
"I can't trust the meteorological service, nor can I trust the popular beliefs." "What will I do if I can't trust the meteorological service, nor trust the popular beliefs", however, sounds weird.. Any ideas? |
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