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Yoong Liat
 
Reply Thu 6 Dec, 2007 04:46 am
I don't like the bugs and / or the snakes there.

Which preposition is correct? I think it should be 'or'.

Many thanks.
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Reply Thu 6 Dec, 2007 05:01 am
Either. In English, there are often multiple "right" ways to say the same thing.

I don't like the bugs and [I don't like] the snakes there.

I don't like the bugs or the snakes there.

I like neither the bugs nor the snakes there.

All are OK.
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Thu 6 Dec, 2007 05:30 am
Many thanks, Contrex.
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