Re: 'and' or 'or'
uryt_567@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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The grammar of "or" and and" can be a bit puzzling. For example,
someone who says
I don't like tea or coffee.
probably means the same as if they had said
I don't like tea and I don't like coffee.
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I don't know who you are Sir, or where you come from,
but you've done me a power of good.
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