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neither/nor vs. either/or - (Aug/14/2013 )

Hello!

Is this sentence grammatically correct?:

 

Virus accumulation does not positively correlate with virulence, neither in A nor in B.

 

Or should I say:

 

Virus accumulation does not positively correlate with virulence, either in A or in B.

 

Thanks!

-OA17-

Virus accumulation does not correlate with virulence in either A or B - perhaps like this ?

-Tabaluga-

Great! Thanks!

-OA17-

or.... in both A and B.

Also a suggestion of a non native speaker wink.png

-hobglobin-

hobglobin on Wed Aug 14 16:39:34 2013 said:

Also a suggestion of a non native speaker wink.png

 

Right, I should've mentioned that too..

-Tabaluga-

Both are fine to use, though technically I think that the first would be more correct.

 

However, Tabaluga's suggestion is more concise and well worded.

 

<native speaker>

-bob1-