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One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2019, 03:41
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One work of art is not more important because it was made after another nor does it make its predecessor obsolete.


(A) after another nor does it make its predecessor obsolete

(B) after another, it neither makes its predecessor obsolete

(C) after another; nor does it make its predecessor obsolete

(D) after another neither does it make its predecessor obsolete

(E) after another, nor does it make its predecessor obsolete
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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2019, 00:20
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This is how I got to the solution i.e. E

We'll leave A& E as of now as the only difference i.e. there is the comma

As neither should always be accommodated by nor, it cannot form a complete sentence on its own, so option B&D are out.
(B) after another, it neither makes its predecessor obsolete
(D) after another neither does it make its predecessor obsolete

Semi-colon is used to connect 2 independent clauses such as X;Y. We can see that the second clause is not independent so C is also out.
(C) after another; nor does it make its predecessor obsolete

In option A&E, we know we need a comma to connect the two clauses, so A is out.


(E) after another, nor does it make its predecessor obsolete
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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2019, 09:36
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Bunuel sir, OA is not added.
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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2020, 00:08
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Can NOR be used alone ? I chose option D because in E the word NOR is being used alone. Experts please help.

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Neither.....nor..... is an idiom the same way as either....or..... is.
But we do use OR in normal cases too, and similarly NOR can also be used alone.
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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2020, 07:58
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Comparison between A and E:

CORRECT: It is not a bird nor an apple.

Note that there is no comma before "nor".

However, in this problem, there IS a comma before "nor" because what comes after it is an independent clause.

A similar but easier example would be: I went to the store, and I ate an apple.

When you connect 2 independent clauses / complex clauses (not simple nouns), you add a comma before "nor", "and", "or", etc.
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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2020, 23:50
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Can NOR be used alone ? I chose option D because in E the word NOR is being used alone. Experts please help.

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FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so : all are coordinating conjunction. Hence , NOR can be used as in E.
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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2019, 09:40
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Bunuel sir, OA is not added.

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Re: One work of art is not more important because it was made after anothe [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2020, 23:30
Can NOR be used alone ? I chose option D because in E the word NOR is being used alone. Experts please help.

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