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and not: used to introduce an alternative, after a first alternative that is preceded by "neither"
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used in negative statements
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 Neither he nor his wife had profited in any way from the questionable investment.
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and not either: used to indicate that what has just been said also applies to somebody or something else, or to add extra information to what has just been said
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used after negative statements and followed by "have," "do," or "be"
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He doesn't want to move to another town, and nor do I.
No surrounding tissue was damaged, nor did the infection spread.
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preposition,
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nonstandard
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Same as than
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literary
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Same as neither (sense 2)
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| [13th century. Contraction of obsolete nouther "neither, nor"] |
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