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Assumption negation - neither...nor

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Assumption negation - neither...nor

by crossingfingers » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:05 pm
If an answer choice contains - neither x nor y learned about something

how do we negate it?

Both x and y learned about something

or

either x or y learned about something

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by postgrad84 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:19 am
IMO. Both would suffice as a negative in this case.
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Re: Assumption negation - neither...nor

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:04 pm
crossingfingers wrote:If an answer choice contains - neither x nor y learned about something

how do we negate it?

Both x and y learned about something

or

either x or y learned about something

Thanks
None of the above!

The opposite would be "at least one of them learned about something".
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by tuscan21 » Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:16 am
Is there any difference between "either...or" and "at least one of them"?
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by rahulg83 » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:52 pm
tuscan21 wrote:Is there any difference between "either...or" and "at least one of them"?
Either...or means that one of them did the thing and not the other...
Atleast one of them means that either one of them or both of them did the work...
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