Consider I have two items X and Y from one group and items A and B from another group and also each group contains more than two items.
Then, can I phrase a clause like this mentioned below?
It is neither X or Y nor A or B.
I am not asking about the compatibility of the items of different groups, I am just asking about the "neither … nor" grammar here.
Best Answer
I think its different because it is two groups. Let's say I have choices of apples(X), oranges(Y), lettuce(A) and cabbage(B) for my salad.
since the 2 groups were specified in the question. I think this gets confusing because there was no selection.
But its not the same thing as
because when you make a selection, for example,
you can have apples and lettuce but you can't have apples and oranges.