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Inversion and fronting for correlative conjunctions
Without worrying too much about the details, I will note that these sorts of constructions have fallen out of common use, and using them will call unwelcome attention. They are the sort of thing one ...
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Inversion and fronting for correlative conjunctions
Neither do I like meat, nor he like lettuce.
would only be used in the English of today (and then, rarely) after a preceding negative statement:
Our food fads? Well, John does not like fish. Neither ...
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