Nor
conjunction
Used to introduce an additional negative statement.
He is not going to the party, nor is he even interested in it.
Often appears as...
- nor will i
- nor do they
conjunction
Used after 'neither' to connect two negative expressions.
Neither John nor Mary is available.
Often appears as...
- neither nor
- nor desire
conjunction
Used to reinforce the negativity of a previous statement.
It won't be easy. Nor will it be quick.
Often appears as...
- nor should it be
- nor need it be
conjunction
Used to introduce an additional negative statement.
He is not going to the party, nor is he even interested in it.
Often appears as...
- nor will i
- nor do they
conjunction
Used after 'neither' to connect two negative expressions.
Neither John nor Mary is available.
Often appears as...
- neither nor
- nor desire
conjunction
Used to reinforce the negativity of a previous statement.
It won't be easy. Nor will it be quick.
Often appears as...
- nor should it be
- nor need it be
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Addition
Use 'nor' when adding another negative point similar to the first one.
She didn't remember his name, nor did she recognize his face.
Pro Tip 2/2Independent Clause
'Nor' can start a sentence if it continues a negative thought.
He doesn't eat meat, nor does he like eggs.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Addition
Use 'nor' when adding another negative point similar to the first one.
She didn't remember his name, nor did she recognize his face.
Pro Tip 2/2Independent Clause
'Nor' can start a sentence if it continues a negative thought.
He doesn't eat meat, nor does he like eggs.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Addition
Use 'nor' when adding another negative point similar to the first one.
She didn't remember his name, nor did she recognize his face.
Pro Tip 2/2Independent Clause
'Nor' can start a sentence if it continues a negative thought.
He doesn't eat meat, nor does he like eggs.
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What makes something...
K, the protagonist, is arrested out of nowhere and made to go through a bewildering process where neither the cause of his arrest, nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work
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Is telekinesis real? -...
and one of these laws tells us that brain waves can't control objects because they're neither strong nor far-reaching enough to influence anything outside of our skulls. Physics also tells us that the only forces that can influence objects from afar
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Will we ever be able to...
like tangible matter, nor does it exactly transmit across space, like intangible information. It seems to do a little of both. Quantum physics gives us a strange new vision for all the matter in our universe as collections of fragile information.
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Why do we love? A...
Is it all we need? Do we need it at all? If romantic love has a purpose, neither science nor psychology has discovered it yet. But over the course of history, some of our most respected philosophers have put forward some intriguing theories.
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How to use rhetoric to...
And finally, pathos appeals to emotion, and in our age of mass media, it's often the most effective mode. Pathos is neither inherently good nor bad, but it may be irrational and unpredictable. It can just as easily rally people for peace
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Secret Formula of...
despite its worldwide presence the company itself makes primarily one thing the highly condensed beginnings of the drink known as beverage concentrate but coke won't say exactly where they make the concentrate nor will they allow the
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The law of conservation...
defined by a boundary that matter and energy cannot cross. Inside this system, mass, a.k.a. matter and energy, can neither be created nor destroyed. The universe, to the best of our knowledge, is an isolated system.
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Best Of Attenborough And...
bones so we can't be sure about the length of the neck nor can we be sure about the posture really this one looks to me rather front heavy and it could well be that in life the animal was more upright
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Fighting injustice with...
one can own it nor a regime nor a group how it grips the heart art can achieve things that information can't my aunt would say and as an activist I have observed that power many human rights
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Thoughts on humanity,...
The people of this ancient land embraced me in their limitless love, and I've learned from these people that neither power nor poverty can make your life more magical or less tortuous.
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What makes something...
K, the protagonist, is arrested out of nowhere and made to go through a bewildering process where neither the cause of his arrest, nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work
Video examples
Is telekinesis real? -...
and one of these laws tells us that brain waves can't control objects because they're neither strong nor far-reaching enough to influence anything outside of our skulls. Physics also tells us that the only forces that can influence objects from afar
Video examples
Will we ever be able to...
like tangible matter, nor does it exactly transmit across space, like intangible information. It seems to do a little of both. Quantum physics gives us a strange new vision for all the matter in our universe as collections of fragile information.
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
Is it all we need? Do we need it at all? If romantic love has a purpose, neither science nor psychology has discovered it yet. But over the course of history, some of our most respected philosophers have put forward some intriguing theories.
Video examples
How to use rhetoric to...
And finally, pathos appeals to emotion, and in our age of mass media, it's often the most effective mode. Pathos is neither inherently good nor bad, but it may be irrational and unpredictable. It can just as easily rally people for peace
Video examples
Secret Formula of...
despite its worldwide presence the company itself makes primarily one thing the highly condensed beginnings of the drink known as beverage concentrate but coke won't say exactly where they make the concentrate nor will they allow the
Video examples
The law of conservation...
defined by a boundary that matter and energy cannot cross. Inside this system, mass, a.k.a. matter and energy, can neither be created nor destroyed. The universe, to the best of our knowledge, is an isolated system.
Video examples
Best Of Attenborough And...
bones so we can't be sure about the length of the neck nor can we be sure about the posture really this one looks to me rather front heavy and it could well be that in life the animal was more upright
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Fighting injustice with...
one can own it nor a regime nor a group how it grips the heart art can achieve things that information can't my aunt would say and as an activist I have observed that power many human rights
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Thoughts on humanity,...
The people of this ancient land embraced me in their limitless love, and I've learned from these people that neither power nor poverty can make your life more magical or less tortuous.
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Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
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George W. Bush
American President
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.
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Voltaire
French Writer
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
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George W. Bush
American President
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.
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Voltaire
French Writer
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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