2006-06-26 06:30:16 · 13 answers · asked by Carolo 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No, because "neither" and "nor" refer to two specific objects or subjects undergoing an action in a sentence. The correct way to say what's implied in this sentence would be something like, "No one knew. Not his wife, his kids, or his lover." The only way "neither" and "nor" would be correct is if there were only two subjects of the verb, as "Neither his wife nor his kids" or "Neither his kids nor his lover" or "Neither his wife nor his lover". Because there are three subjects involved here (wife, kids, and lover), the "neither/nor" construction is incorrect.
2006-07-02 09:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It should be written like this: No one knew, neither his wife, his kids, nor his lover.
2006-06-26 06:59:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knew. Neither his wife, kids, nor his lover.
2006-06-26 06:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there might be too many nor's. Try...
No one knew. Neither his wife, kids, or his lover.
2006-06-26 06:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you considered these two ways of saying it?
"Not one person knew. His wife and kids did not know, and neither his lover".
"Not one person knew, not even his wife, kids, even his lover".
I like the 2nd way,
2006-06-26 06:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by You got Moxie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well of course there are two sentences here as i believe that i s a full stop after knew;but i suppose you are suggesting sthat nor can niot be repeated but the sentences look ok to me
stop press:i have just seen the question mark and we don't know thw context so we don't know if it is intentionally a question ? should be inside the quote marks
2006-06-26 07:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by Patrick O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one knew, neither his wife, nor his kids or lover.
2006-06-26 06:36:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
y not just write
Neither his wife,kids nor lover.
with neither it is correct to use nor...
2006-06-26 06:33:53 · answer #8 · answered by icehot_pk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's okay, but I actually prefer the "not" version:
No one knew. Not his wife, not his kids, not his lover.
Other grammarians will argue that the second sentence is a fragment, but I think it's okay because you can take liberties with style.
2006-06-26 06:34:22 · answer #9 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like it the way you wrote it. There is nothing left to confusion. I also like the commas, as otherwise the meaning could be confusion as well.
good job; it is gramatically correct. However, I doubt that no one knew as SOMEONE always knows. The shadow knows...
2006-07-02 15:47:50 · answer #10 · answered by U-man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋