Sufficient & Necessary Questions - - Question 27

Unless the residents of Glen Hills band together, the proposal to rezone that city will be approved. If it is the cit...

yes90125a2002 October 23, 2017

"Neither/nor" VS "Either/or"

Is "Neither new roads nor additional schools could be built without substantial tax increases..." treated the same as a "either or statement" NR or ASB --> STI Would I negate the sufficient variables (new roads & additional schools built) in this situation just like I would for an "either/or" statement?

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yes90125a2002 October 23, 2017

* an either or statement

ishadoshi August 12, 2019

I have the same question - please respond!

Ravi August 21, 2019

The way you diagrammed this statement is correct.

Let's look at what the sentence in question is saying.

Neither new roads nor additional schools could be built without
substantial tax increases for the residents of Glen Hills.

"Without" tells us we can pick a part of the sentence, negate it, and
make it the sufficient condition. Let's pick the part that comes after
"without."

/Substantial tax increases - >

Now we put the other part of the sentence in the necessary condition

/new roads and /additional schools

/Substantial tax increases - >/new roads and /additional schools

New roads or additional schools - >substantial tax increases

/STI - >/NR and /AS

AS or NR - >STI

Does this make sense? When it's saying neither new roads nor
additional schools, this means that you're negating both of these
things and putting "and" between them.

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Ravi August 21, 2019

@ishadoshi, see the above response, and let us know if you have any other questions!