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Mr. X speaks __________ Japanese ____________ Chinese. A. neither / or B. either / nor C. neither / nor D. also / but

GATE 2022 · General Aptitude · Most Appropriate Word · easy

Answer: C. neither / nor

  1. Determine the sentence meaning: The sentence states Mr. X does not speak Japanese and does not speak Chinese — both are negated. A negation of both items requires 'neither...nor'.
  2. Apply the correlative conjunction rule: A. neither / or — incorrect (neither must pair with nor). B. either / nor — incorrect (either must pair with or). C. neither / nor — correct pairing for double negation. D. also / but — grammatically incorrect in this structure. Answer is C.