When “neither” and “nor” occur in a sentence?

Can we do

  1. tools in the kitchen?
  2. This tool cannot be found on the bathroom floor.

Which are the correct sentences for the above situation?

  1. I can’t find the tool neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom.
  2. I can’t find the wrenches nor in the kitchen nor in the bathroom. How can this be done?
  3. I can’t find a tool, neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom.

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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Meaning.
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No/Not combination represents negation in complete. Why is it used with a positive? What is the following formula?

I can neither find the tool in the kitchen nor in the bathroom.

Why should people give up on what I believe to be an impossible task?

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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Can I find this tool in neither kitchen nor bathroom?

I don’t think you need to have two words in s. In Python I don’t need a not to use a neither. It is just about

something (like a no, you are using a no).

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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Need and alternative verbs. CANNOT & NOR.A negative verb. Is it a mistake when using the two together like what that editor did to your post in TeX?

I have only one tool neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom. Is it there?

I am from HK. I can’t find the accessory in my closet or kitchen.

I rarely get the tool or tools in the bathroom.

How would someone use the “can find… neither:” version? What is “can’t find / find”, then “both” in most cases?

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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I have neither time nor patience to deal with you today.

You could be writing a book about how to get rid of this issue.

Why would be it wrong to have a word that has instead of ‘HAVE’?

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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Why should I leave out the neither way or I

can’t find the tool in the kitchen or the bathroom?

As an computer programmer, i.e. one tool in kitchen AND bathroom that I can use, I have a solution I can use.

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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I know this has been answered, but I couldn’t resist chiming in anyway.

Isn’t neither = not or

  • nor = not or
  • I cannot find the

tool not either in the kitchen nor in the bathroom?

Cannot + not = Can => => I => can => not what you’re trying

to express.

Answered on March 28, 2021.
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I have neither time nor patience to deal with you today.

You could be writing a book about how to get rid of this issue.

Why would be it wrong to have a word that has instead of ‘HAVE’?

Answered on June 16, 2021.
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I found that tool neither in the kitchen nor in

bathroom. Why?

What is unusual in this sentence is the use of a comma in the last sentence. If a comma is used in a sentence without a comma, the sentence is true, but it will obviously be wrong. Why does a comma separate two independent clauses? If you combine that subject with the concept of elision, and the third sentence could actually

be interpreted as “I can’t find the tool, it is neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom”

I love double sentence and would either use semicolon or a one sentence sentence. If a sentence is interpreted that way, then it only has a minor punctuation issue, while the use of ‘neither’ and ‘nor’ is actually correct.

Answered on July 6, 2021.
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I found that tool neither in the kitchen nor in

bathroom. Why?

What is unusual in this sentence is the use of a comma in the last sentence. If a comma is used in a sentence without a comma, the sentence is true, but it will obviously be wrong. Why does a comma separate two independent clauses? If you combine that subject with the concept of elision, and the third sentence could actually

be interpreted as “I can’t find the tool, it is neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom”

I love double sentence and would either use semicolon or a one sentence sentence. If a sentence is interpreted that way, then it only has a minor punctuation issue, while the use of ‘neither’ and ‘nor’ is actually correct.

Answered on July 8, 2021.
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I have neither time nor patience to deal with you today.

You could be writing a book about how to get rid of this issue.

Why would be it wrong to have a word that has instead of ‘HAVE’?

Answered on July 14, 2021.
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