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or vs. and ( I have no brothers and/or sisters.)



 
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or vs. and ( I have no brothers and/or sisters.) #1 (permalink) Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:26 am   or vs. and ( I have no brothers and/or sisters.)
 

Hi,

I have some questions on 'or' and 'and'.

1) I have no brothers and sisters.
2) I have no brothers or sisters.

In this case, I think 2) is more natural. But how about 1)? Do you think it's wrong? If so, why? Please let me know.

Thank you in advance,
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or vs. and #2 (permalink) Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:31 am   or vs. and
 

This whole forum is more about logic than linguistics, isn't it?

In everyday conversation, I suppose there is no difference between 1 and 2. Logically, though, they are very different and can be used to mean opposite things.
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