What's proper usage of "nor"?

Question

Is "neither this nor that" a double negative? Can you provide examples?

Answer 1

Here's a good discription of the proper uses of nor.

Answer 2

First. It is NOT a double negative. Either/or and neither/nor, not only/but also and both/and are used in pairs and are called correlative conjunctions. Neither is used with nor and either with or.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Neither is alway used with nor and Either is always used with or.
Examples:

Neither his father nor his mother knew where Jack was hiding.

Either you know the right answer or you don't.

Answer 4

NOR is also used in logic circuits.

Where the result wanted is the INVERSE of an OR logic function.

This is required when making electronic circuits and needing to have a trigger (or state) of an operation be HIGH vs LOW for an OR operand or LOW vs HIGH under similar conditions

Answer 5

it is the negative of or

in your example, it should be or.

when you use it you should invert the word sequence you would use for any other conjunction. i.e.

and: in addition She tried and succeeded.
but: however They tried but did not succeed.
or: alternatively Did you go out or stay at home?
nor: and neither I did not see it, nor did they.
yet: however The sun is warm, yet the air is cool.

Answer 6

Neither goes with nor, either goes with or.

Answer 7

either-or, neither-nor is what I was taught in school.

Answer 8

it is either this or that (it is something)
it is neither this nor that (it isn't something)

Answer 9

yes double negative but it normally accepted speech. proper use would be niether this or that

Answer 10

use nor when you use neither