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https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/inout-game-1-questions-part-1/
Are "noth both" and "neither nor" equivalent?
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Q7 here:
https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/inout-game-1-questions-part-1/
Are "noth both" and "neither nor" equivalent?
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Actually, no. Take, for example:
I don't have both a brother and a sister
versus
I have neither a brother nor a sister
The first says you don't have both. You can have just a brother, or just a sister, or maybe even no siblings. You just can't have both a brother and a sister.
The second specifically states you have 0 brothers and 0 sisters - so the only possibility is no siblings at all.
There is overlap between the two concepts ("neither"), but they are not identical.
Put in more formal logic, neither nor is specifically "not A and not B", while "not both" is "not A or not B", which leaves open the possibility of "not A and not B" but does not require it.
neither nor = not this and not that, so yes. it essentially means "not both".