表示否定的时候,不用both...and,而用另一个连接词,叫做neither...nor,意思是“既不……也不”,比如:
The boy neither admits nor denies that he stole the bike.
Neither my sister nor I was invited.
My daughter-in-law isn't coming, which is neither here nor there.
注意,neither...nor连接两个主语时,动词与nor后面的成分一致,也就是
就近原则。