1. Neither… nor
&
not only… but also

2. Neither….nor
Neither means not one and not the other; not
one nor the other. Neither is something like the
opposite of either.
Ex:
•you can have either fried rice or fried noodle(you
can have rice or noodle)
•You can have neither fried rice nor fried
noodle(you cannot have rice or noodle)

3. Just like the previous pairs,this one can be
used with nouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs. Follow the examples:
You can take neither fried rice nor fried
noodle.
We must neither sell it nor throw it away.
When you leave the room, you will feel
neither too happy nor too sad.
You can run the machine neither too slowly
not too quickly

4. • As a determiner, neither behaves like either.
o Neither an apple nor an orange is good
enough for me.
o Neither the hens not the ducks sell very well
in this place.
o Neither rice nor tobacco has been grown here.

5. Not only …but also
• In its meaning,not only… but also is the same
as both. However, this has more varied uses
than the previous pairs. Now look at the
sentence again.

6. • Farmers required not only the knowledge and
skill of farming but they also needed to know
marketing and other economic aspects of
algiculture.
• Farmers required not only farming skill but
they also required marketing skills.
• Farmers did not only require farming skills but
they also required marketing skills.
• Not only did farmers require farming skills but
they also require marketing skills.

7. • These are the three ways to use not only… but
also in the sentence. The third sentence has
an inversion of the subject and the verb.
Not only did farmers require farming skills but
subject
they also required marketing skills.

8. for your
attention