[Grammar] She is neither English nor American.

[Crowned 91]

Hi!
Which is the correct sentence?

- She is neither English nor American.
-Neither is she English, nor is she American.
-She isn't either English or American.
- She isn't English or American.
-She isn't English; neither is she American.
-She isn't English; nor is she American.

 

[Rover_KE]

"Which is the correct sentence?"

What makes you think there is only one correct sentence?

 

[Crowned 91]

Ok, what are the correct ones? I found examples with the first sentence and the third one in grammar books. But are the other sentences also possible?

 

[Rover_KE]

2 is wrong. The rest are OK.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

The rest might be OK but they don't have the same meaning. 1, 4, 5 and 6 all mean that she is not English and she is not American either.

Number 3 means that the statement, "She is either English or American" is untrue. It might be true that she is either English or Welsh, or that she is either American or Canadian. So, she could be either English or American. Or then again no.

 

[Tdol]

If you want to refer to her nationality, British would be the term. English is not an official nationality.

 

[Barb_D]

I'd say the last one needs a comma instead of a semi-colon. Isn't "nor" a coordinating conjunction?