Which way is correct, "neither you nor I (was / were) asking for refills"?
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Well...it actually is debatable, but I'd go with "was" to be on the safe side...\n\nWith either/or (neither/nor) things that contain subjects that take different verb forms, there is no definitive agreement on which form the verb should take.\n\nA majority, however, says that you should follow the subject that is closest to the verb, in this case " I ", so, since:\n\nI WAS asking for refills --> Neither you nor I was asking for refills.\n\nA minority say that the verb should always be singular in these cases, and an even smaller minority say that either verb form is acceptable.\n\nSo your best bet to avoid the ire of an anal-retentive English teacher (or professor, editor, yourself, etc.) is to go with the "closest to the verb" rule, in this case WAS.
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The 2nd sentence is correct and very formal; there is something like an old subjunctive form hidden in it.\nThe 1st sentence is (informally) not incorrect and could be found in British English.
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could you rephrase. i'm not sure i understand the question
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"Give that to Tom and me."\n\nSimply put, you use the same pronoun for yourself as you would if Tom did not exist.
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Neither...\nThe word THIS is a pronoun or an adjective.\nThis is a good QUESTION!
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The first one is correct.\n\nThe second would be correct if you changed the is to has.\n\nHTH
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It is incorrect. It should read, "Should you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Joe Blow or me."\n\nOne way to determine this is to remove one of the two persons you are referring to. In this instance you are referring to yourself and Joe Blow. Take out Joe blow and you get, "Should you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact myself."\n\nThat doesn't make any sense. Replace 'myself' with 'me' and you have a sentence that makes sense. Now put Joe in front of you and you have a complete, grammatically correct sentence.
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There's an easy way to tell- take out the other person and see if the sentence sounds correct.\n\nFor example: "Me and Johnny went to the store." is incorrect, because without 'Johnny', it becomes "Me went to the store.", which we know is wrong.  Hence the correct version is 'Johnny and I went to the store.".  (Don't ask me why you have to switch it around that way, it just sounds better than "I and Johnny went to the store.").\n\nAlternatively, in the sentence "John took Trisha and me to the mall.", using 'me' is correct because if you took 'Trisha' out, you'd get "John took me to the mall.", versus the incorrect "John took I to the mall." if you tried "John took Trisha and I to the mall.".\n\nThere's a complex rationale behind it about the subjects and objects of sentences and all that, but I find this is the best way to explain it- simple and to the point, with a way to test it.\n\nHope that helps!
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Are you mine?\nor\nYou are mine.\nor \nMine, you are!
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I am not sure why you think "never buy unnecessary things" is not proper usage.   Never (just like "not") is an adverb used to express negation, i.e., to make a sentence negative.\n\nSo looking at your sentences:  the positive of your statement would be "I buy unnecessary things" which is a logical sentence, right?  So to negate that statement we would use never or not: "I never/do not buy unnecessary things."  Both these sentences would mean the same thing and both would be considered "proper usage."\n\nNow to have a double negative, you would need to combine the negative verb (in your example, "never buy”) with a negated direct object (in your example, “things” is the direct object).  So we could make your sentence into a double negative: "I never buy NOTHING" or "I never buy NO THINGS."  BUT, your use of the adjective "unnecessary" does NOT negate your direct object "things"; you DON'T have a double negative.\n\nBut even if we assumed that "unnecessary things" was negative and that you did have a double negative (again, you DO NOT), BOTH your example statements would then be double negatives...not just the first example.\n\nSo finally, my point: other than the severity of the negations ("never" being more sever than "not"), your sentences mean the same thing and are both grammatically acceptable.
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This question is more complicated than it seems.\n\nFirst of all, both possibilities have been available in English for a very long time.  A couple of hundred years ago, some grammarians looked around and decided that they didn't like that there were two possible ways of saying something, so they decided to make some rules about it.  They decided that, whenever you have an object of the preposition "than", you should put it in nominative case.  That means that, according to many grammar books, the correct answer is "Are you better than I?".  Their reasoning is that the part that comes after "than" is a shortened version of something else, like this:\n"Are you better than I am (good)?"\n\nHowever, to many native speakers, both "I" and "me" are possibilities in this context, so it might only be a concern to you if you are planning on using this sentence with someone who might judge you for it (for example, a boss or a professor).  Anyone else might not even notice.
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When you use either/or, or neither/nor, the verb must agree with the subject that is closest to it. B and C as you have typed them here are both correct. Hopefully you will apply that knowledge to your other homework items and do them yourself.
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Re-phrase the question.
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can you rephrase the question?
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Are you asking a question, or answering a closed question?
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Standard: -\n\nI have not gotten any colourful pictures.\nI didn't tell any lies. or I tell no lies\n\nNon Standard -\n\nI ain't got no colorful pictures.\nI didn't tell no lies.
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The correct wording would be:\n\nI don't like you either. \n\nConsider: Either suggests (or) either you or me. You don't like me, I don't like you. \n\nNeither suggests (nor) , neither you nor I. I don't like you nor me, \nneither implying neither one of us applies. \n\nDarryl S.