ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Help needed

Ant_222 — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:40:37 GMT

Hmmm, Never would have thought. ThnX.

Re: Help needed

CalifJim — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:32:55 GMT

I think the Â«doesn'tÂ» ~~reffers~~ refers to the word Â«tasteÂ» only, so Â«hasÂ» sounds ok. Isn't it so?

No.

does not      taste like
        nor      have
=
       does not     taste like
and does not     have

Compare:

Gary does not jog nor run. (*runs).
This liquid does not look like nor feel like oil. (*feels)
Helen doesn't read nor write English. (*writes)

or can be used in place of nor in all of the sentences above, including the original doesn't taste like or have.

CJ

Re: Help needed

CalifJim — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:22:57 GMT

And characteristic.

Re: Help needed

Ant_222 — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:22:26 GMT

I think the «doesn't» reffers to the word «taste» only, so «has» sounds ok. Isn't it so?

Re: Help needed

Nef — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:10:55 GMT

White chocolate, however, does not contain cocoa mass and therefore does not taste like nor has the characterestic colour of cacao.

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I think I'd make one change: 'have' instead of 'has'

This is because of the earlier 'does not taste like nor'

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'it has' - yes

But, 'it does have' or 'it does not have' (not 'it does has' or 'it does not has')

Re: Help needed

Marius Hancu — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:56:13 GMT

Seems fine to me.

Help needed

Julie & Ethan — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:31:26 GMT

Is this sentence correct?

White chocolate, however, does not contain cocoa mass and therefore does not taste like nor has the characterestic colour of cacao.