The speaker is neither in favour of nor opposed to genetic engineering.
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#1 03-Nov-2013, 06:31neither for nor?
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I came across a sentence in my book 'The speaker is neither for nor against genetic engineering.' Could you please help me get the underlined part. Why neither for nor?
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#2 03-Nov-2013, 06:36Re: neither for nor?
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#3 03-Nov-2013, 06:36Re: neither for nor?
The speaker is neither for (pro, in favour of) genetic engineering nor against genetic engineering.
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#4 03-Nov-2013, 07:36Re: neither for nor?
Yeah. Oh my goodness!
That was 'for' which means being an advocate of. I was busy thinking what new structure it might be neither for nor!
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