English Language & Usage Asked by Farhang on January 10, 2021
As I was reading the writing of a student, I saw this sentence:
The teachers seem not to be perfectly trained for this situation, neither the students.
I know ‘neither do the students’ is correct, but I was wondering if ‘neither the students’ is also grammatically correct. I could not find a definite answer to this question in several grammar books. I’d appreciate your help. Thanks.
The OED has an entry for this: It is valid in Caribbean English but not current in British or American English
Neither
2. Negating a second or further alternative (usually following a previous negation): and not —— either, nor yet, nor moreover, and not, also not.
a. Introducing a prepositional phrase, noun phrase, postmodifying phrase, etc. Now chiefly Caribbean.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxvv He said it was a matter newly invented, neither used in former time. 1937 P. M.
1937 P. M. Avery Interview 19 Mar. in C. L. Perdue et al. Weevils in Wheat (1976) 16 I couldn' walk, neither set down.
1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 403/1 She don't talk to me, neither the children.
Correct answer by Greybeard on January 10, 2021
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