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Let's go back to our expression: "neither one nor two". This expression is composed of the word "neither". "Neither" is used to indicate the negation between two possibilities and they are both incorrect or in any case neither is true. If I say: "I am neither hungry nor thirsty", it means I am not hungry and I am not thirsty. So, it is a negation that there is between two possibilities. If there is a "neither", there is necessarily another "neither". I am neither hungry nor thirsty. I cannot say "I am neither hungry" on its own, it does not work. I will say "I am not hungry". On the other hand, when there are two possibilities, we use "neither": "I am neither hungry nor thirsty". It would be less correct to say "I am not hungry and not thirsty". It is not elegant at all. This is how we use the word "neither" or the words "neither" together.