Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
What 'Neither' indicates
The largest number of consumer complaints concern new car dealership, but because car dealers buy a lot of commercial airtime, they are rarely subjected to a news stations scrutiny. Neither will viewers see many critical stories about grocery and clothing stores, shopping malls, banks, insurance and health care providers, soda manufactures, or fast-food restaurants, all of which buy a significant amount of commercial airtime.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if it is right that neither indicates "consumer complaints concerning new car dealership" and "many critical stories about grocery and clothing stores, shopping malls, banks, insurance and health care providers, soda manufactures, or fast-food restaurants."
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if it is right that neither indicates "consumer complaints concerning new car dealership" and "many critical stories about grocery and clothing stores, shopping malls, banks, insurance and health care providers, soda manufactures, or fast-food restaurants."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
You seem to be on the right track. This is how that text is parsed: Car dealers are not subjected to scrutiny. Additionally, viewers will not see stories critical of other commercial entities.
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You seem to be on the right track.
This is how that text is parsed:
Car dealers are not subjected to scrutiny. Additionally, viewers will not see stories critical of other commercial entities.
This is how that text is parsed:
Car dealers are not subjected to scrutiny. Additionally, viewers will not see stories critical of other commercial entities.
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park sang joonNeither will viewers seeThese words convey a similar meaning to 'And viewers will not see...'.
(Crossposted with teechr.)
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Thank you, teechr and fivejedjon, for your very helpful answer.
Then, I'd like to know if "neither" plays the role of pronoun al
Then, I'd like to know if "neither" plays the role of pronoun al
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