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the "not.. neither.." issue is pretty common, but I cannot seem to wrap my mind around the following particular case.

I have the sentence:

Then, in lines 6–9 of the algorithm, we add edges to E (if not existing in E
and, thus, neither in E')), such that.. bla bla.

I want to state that if the edges do not belong to the set of edges E, then they will not belong to the set of edges E' either. It is a consequence.

I suppose a correct way to say it would be:

Then, in lines 6–9 of the algorithm, we add edges to E (if not existing in E 
and, thus, not existing in E' either)), such that.. bla bla.

But I want to keep it as short as possible.

Any help is appreciated.

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Then, in lines 6–9 of the algorithm, we add edges to E (if not existing in E and thus neither in E'), such that...

and

Then, in lines 6–9 of the algorithm, we add edges to E (if not existing in E and thus not in E' either), such that...

and

Then, in lines 6–9 of the algorithm, we add edges to E (if not existing in E and thus not in E'), such that...

are all correct. For brevity, we may use the last.

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  • Thanx, so it seems my first attempt was correct after all :) English is not my native language and it bugged me for some reason..
    – hamster
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 3:04
  • My comment would be that "thus neither" is not necessary, and that "thus not in E' " is sufficient. If you are not comfortable with "thus", you can use "therefore" or the simple "so", or the simple "then".
    – Cargill
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 3:36

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