is this english?

Question

i person wrote like: "I am not chinese nor not american." It has been a long time since i last wrote andspoke pure english that i can't real figure out whether this sentence is grammatical correct. However, i do understand this person that he/she is not a chinese and not american, maybe japanese en so on. My main question is about the usage of NOR.

Answer 1

"I am not chinese nor not american."

nor not is a double negative, so it should be

"I am not chinese nor american."

nor means=
nor /nɔr; unstressed nər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[nawr; unstressed ner] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–conjunction
1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member): Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.
2. (used to continue the force of a negative, as not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause): He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.
3. (used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of and not): They are happy, nor need we worry.
4. Older Use. than.
5. Archaic. (used without a preceding neither, the negative force of which is understood): He nor I was there.
6. Archaic. (used instead of neither as correlative to a following nor): Nor he nor I was there.

hope it helps...

in my words nor is just another way not say no or not. that is how i learned it.. english is my second language

Answer 2

In N Z you likely have some expressions that are actually not heard someplace else, no longer even in Australia. i'm southern English, yet replaced into in oz..for 3 years interior the early Nineteen Seventies. Visited N Z around Auckland for some hours on the way domicile from oz..by using sea. yet then, what's "English" English or British English? so a ways as i'm worried the North (of britain) is yet another usa for language!

Answer 3

Correct way:
I am not Chinese, or American.
Better way:
I am neither a Chinese or an American.

Answer 4

The first two answers are both perfectly right! (As well as several others, but those are enough!).

With that double negative, this person would be saying they are not Chinese, but they ARE American (in a grammatically incorrect way!)

Answer 5

the right way to use it is as follows: "I am not chinese nor american." Nor is used to affirm an earlier negative statement which is "I am NOT chinese." Hence, NOR usually follows an earlier staement with a NOT.

Sample: a square is NOT a circle NOR a triangle.

Answer 6

Nor meaning neither. Is valid English usually used in spoken English as compared to written English

Answer 7

Change the first "not" to "neither" and then take out the second "not." It should say, "I am neither chinese nor american."

Answer 8

There are other words, such as " I am neither Chinese or American". Double negatives are a pain and triple negatives are just unintelligable. Note that nationalities are capitalized.

Answer 9

You could use either:

"I am neither Chinese nor American."

OR

"I am not Chinese or American."

(Use "or" with "not" and "nor" with "neither".) You would not use a comma in either of these sentences.

Answer 10

neither - nor
I am neither Chinese nor American.