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Which one of the following is correct?

We don't need to know A, nor B, individually. Instead, we only need the sum of A and B.

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We don't need to know A and B individually. Instead, we only need the sum of A and B.

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"We need to know neither A nor B... " or "We don't need to know either A or B..." is correct here.

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  • I think "nor do we need to know B" is implied. You could probably leave out "instead" in the second sentence as well. Grammatically I think both are acceptable.
    – Misneac
    Commented Nov 16, 2015 at 10:54
  • @Misneac Your comment belongs to the question, not this answer. :)
    – user140086
    Commented Nov 16, 2015 at 11:02

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