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Help. Hi, there Could you help me with a few questions? 1) Would you say "Not with all the soap in the world, nor/or with all the cosmetics will these wrinkles ever go away" Can I use nor/or here? Or should I say "Neither with all the soap in the world, nor with all the cosmetics will these wrinkles ever go away"? 2) I found this sentence in an article: "There is no masterpiece that has not an aggressive character"... Why "has not an".. Should;t it be "There is no masterpiece that DOESN'T have an aggressive character"? Thank you!

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Help.

Hi, there

Could you help me with a few questions?

1) Would you say "Not with all the soap in the world, nor/or with all the cosmetics will these wrinkles ever go away" Can I use nor/or here? Or should I say "Neither with all the soap in the world, nor with all the cosmetics will these wrinkles ever go away"? [KB] nor/or can be used here, "or" sounds better.  You can also say, "All the soap and cosmetics in the world still won't make these wrinkles go away."

2) I found this sentence in an article: "There is no masterpiece that has not an aggressive character"... Why "has not an".. Should;t it be "There is no masterpiece that DOESN'T have an aggressive character"? [KB] I think this is technically correct but it sounds really weird and I would never use that as a way of phrasing the sentence, so you're right in your thinking.

Thank you!

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