Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions
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== Misc skills and assessment topics == | == Misc skills and assessment topics == | ||
=== either/or vs. neither/nor === | |||
* when '''either''' & '''neither''' are conjunctions, they require a matching counterpart | |||
* thus we have | |||
** ''either ... or'' | |||
*** = positive, or affirming | |||
*** ''I'd be glad to have either this or that.'' | |||
** ''neither ... nor'' | |||
*** = negative or negating | |||
*** ''We saw neither fish nor fowl.'' | |||
* note: either and neither have other grammatical functions (adverb, pronoun), but the high school placement test will not specifically measure those uses | |||
** just know that ''either'' goes with ''or'' and ''neither'' goes with ''nor'' | |||
=== homophones === | === homophones === |