[Grammar] Neither / Nor

[charizma]

Hi
Please help me, Which one is correct and more pertinent ?
1) I couldn't find Sarra, nor did I know where she had gone.

2) I couldn't find Sarra, neither did I know where she had gone.

Regards

 

[MikeNewYork]

#1 works for me.

 

[Rover_KE]

charizma, no sentence is correct without a final punctuation mark.

 

[emsr2d2]

And note that "Sarra" might be a standard name where you live, but it's not a recognisable English name. Similarly-spelt English names are Sara, Sarah and Zara.

 

[charizma]

And note that "Sarra" might be a standard name where you live, but it's not a recognisable English name. Similarly-spelt English names are Sara, Sarah and Zara.

Never mind. It is an Arabic name. It is not our problem here ;-)

 

[Raymott]

You can say "I couldn't find Sarra. Neither did I know where she had gone." But that has to be two sentences.

 

[SoothingDave]

And note that "Sarra" might be a standard name where you live, but it's not a recognisable English name. Similarly-spelt English names are Sara, Sarah and Zara.

There are people in England named "Zara"?

 

[Rover_KE]

The Queen's granddaughter, for one. [Click]

 

[SoothingDave]

Is that a ye olde traditional spelling or a modern aberration?

 

[Raymott]

One of our previous Prime Minister's wife's name was Zara.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Bate

 

[emsr2d2]

It depends on your definition of "modern". I was at school with both a Sara and a Zara in the early 1970s.