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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence. I am ______(neither/either) an ascetic in theory ______(nor/or) in practice. - English

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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.

I am ______(neither/either) an ascetic in theory ______(nor/or) in practice.

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I am neither an ascetic in theory nor in practice.

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Chapter 2.1: A Nice Cup of Tea - Grammar- Connectives or Linkers [Page 48]

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Chapter 2.1 A Nice Cup of Tea
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