On Thursday 24 December 2020 at 15:49:22, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 10:30:58AM +0100, aitor wrote:
> > On 24/12/20 10:23, aitor wrote:
> > > neither the mouse nor the keyboard didn't respond
> >
> > Mmm..., this is a double denial. Neither the mouse nor the keyboard could
> > respond?
>
> Agreed. Happy to see neither..nor used. Sometimes that's the clearest way
> to say something.
>
> But I'd have said "neither the mouse nor the keyboard responded".

Agreed, however the "double negative" is between "neither" and "didn't", not
"between "neither" and "nor".

That is a perfectly clear and reasonable complaint about the original comment.

Regards,


Antony.

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