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01 Jun 2013, 05:38
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I am a bit confused to understand the below example for correlative conjunction.
Please explain. Thanks.
The king wishes to express that he is neither a despot nor oblivious to the concerns of the people.
Please explain. Thanks.
The king wishes to express that he is neither a despot nor oblivious to the concerns of the people.
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Could you please elaborate about your confusion ?
The King wishes to express that he is not a despot.
The King wishes to express that he is not oblivious to the concerns of the people
Since both are negative, you can separate the common part and join the uncommon part using neither.. nor.
The king wishes to express that he is neither a despot nor oblivious to the concerns of the people.
edit --> But this is wrong, as we cannot join a noun [a despot] and an adjective [oblivious] using conjunctions.
To keep short and correct, we can say: The King is neither a despot nor an ignorant.
Wren-Martin:
Conjunctions merely join: They do no other work. Conjunctions which are used in pairs are called Correlative Conjunctions or merely Correlatives.
Ex:
Either-or -- Either take it or leave it.
Neither-nor -- It is neither useful nor ornamental.
Both-and -- We both love and honour him
Though-yet (rare in current English) -- Though he is suffering much pain, yet he does not complain.
Whether-or -- I do not care whether you go or stay.
Not only-But also -- Not only he is foolish, but also obstinate. edit --> WRONG in GMAT
01 Jun 2013, 07:33
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There is confusion here about conjunctions.
The king wishes to express that he is neither a despot nor oblivious to the concerns of the people. <-- wrong
The key word are are neither (...) nor.
neither __________ nor ___________
The GMAT wants that the part inbetween the connectors to match.
He is neither tall nor short.neither ____adj___ nor ____adj____
He won't neither run nor jump.neither ____verb___ nor ____verb____
The parts contained between those constructs MUST match in terms of parallel structure also:
He is neither a basketball player nor pilot. WRONG
He is neither a basketball player nor a pilot. CORRECT
These are just examples, now back to your sentence:
The king wishes to express that he is neither a despot(noun) nor oblivious(adj) to the concerns of the people.
I hope that you see where the error is.
ConnectTheDots, some of your examples are not correct.
Not only-But also -- Not only he is foolish, but also obstinate. This is wrong for the above reasons
He is not only foolish, but also obstinate. This is correct
But most important, the original phrase is wrong.
