Nor do I

[GUEST2008]

Hi

One person says: I don't mind.
The other one replies: Nor/Neither do I. (is it a correct answer?)

Thanks

[Rover_KE]

Use either.

(I don't mean 'use either'; use either 'nor' or 'neither'.)

Rover

[TheParser]

Hi

One person says: I don't mind.
The other one replies: Nor/Neither do I. (is it a correct answer?)

Thanks

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Guest,


Teacher Rover has already answered your question.

(1) May I just elaborate a bit?

(2) I, too, had the same question a few weeks ago, and

found something in Kristin Blanpain's Academic Writing

in the Humanities (Google Books):

(a) Only neither may be preceded by a conjunction:

Tom: I don't like mushrooms.

Martha: Nor do I./ Neither do I. And neither do I.

***

Susan: X is not a saint.

Ralph: Nor is he a devil./ Neither is he a devil./ But neither is he

a devil.

***

The author of that book reminds us that in compound sentences,

neither is always preceded by a conjunction:

Many young people are not reading newspapers, and neither

are many older people reading newspapers.

I do not wish him good luck, but neither do I wish him bad luck.

NOTE: All the example sentences were only my ideas. They were

not Kristin Blanpain's.


***** NOT A TEACHER *****


P.S. I think that you may not put a conjunction in front of nor because

nor is a conjunction. English does not accept two conjunctions together.

On the other hand, some dictionaries tell us that neither can often

be analyzed as an adverb. Therefore, it can be preceded by a

conjunction.