He doesn't work or do much else

[navi tasan]

Are these correct:

1) He doesn't work, or do much else. He is too depressed. He just sits in front of the TV all day without really watching it.
2) He can't work, or do much else. He is too depressed. He just sits in front of the TV all day without really watching it.

I was writing something like those sentences and all of a sudden I had doubts about 'do much else'. I think both are correct.

 

[Amigos4]

Take out the comma. “He doesn't work or do much else.“

 

[Tarheel]

But I don't have a TV.

 

[Amigos4]

But I don't have a TV.

You must be older than I think you are.

 

[jutfrank]

Are these correct:

Isn't it time now to stop asking this? Or at least explain what you mean by 'correct'? Are you asking about grammar, or about sense, or about appropriacy? Or something else?

1) He doesn't work, or do much else.
2) He can't work, or do much else.

The only difference is in what the auxiliaries do/can bring to the meaning. This doesn't have a bearing on the use of do much else.

 

[Amigos4]

@navi tasan Why doesn't your title match the sentences in your post? Why did you add a comma in your post but not in your title?

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you all very much,

Amigos4, my apologies. I forgot to add the comma in the title.

Jutfrank, the two sentences were supposed to be independent. I wasn't trying to find out if there was a difference in the meanings. I just wanted to make sure that 'or do much else' can be used in both cases. My apologies.

Tarheel, if you had a TV, you'd be more depressed!

 

[Tarheel]

@navi tasan Maybe you're right.