"Tu n'as mis ni la nappe ni les assiettes."
Translation:You didn't set either the tablecloth or the plates.
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I think this one should also accomodate the 'neither-nor' answer as it is more natural in English.
"You set neither the tableclothes nor the plates"
- 1412
It's terrible English! We don't 'set' the tablecloth nor plates. We use them to set the table before a meal. Duo, where do you find your English?
- 1798
I was shown a correct answer "You DID set NEITHER the tablecloth OR the plates."
This ENGLISH is not correct at all.
You set neither A nor B. Or - You didn't set A or B either. But the problem is that you "set" a table. I don't think I have ever heard of "setting" the tablecloth. You "put" the tablecloth on the table. Or, you "lay" the table. This must be a special language for waiters.
- 1096
If the table does not yet have a tablecloth on it then that becomes part of either "laying" or "setting" the table!
- 1112
Yes, in British English, it's common to say lay the table, put on the cloth, put out the plates. Please allow more options. Also, you haven't laid the table should surely be accepted. :-)
It's quite bad.. the English translation means that either one or the other action wasn't performed but we aren't sure which.
It's like: the thief entered either through the window or the backdoor.
- 1096
It does not mean that, unless you omit the "either".
In your thief example it does not make any difference whether you omit "either" or not, since Physics prevents him from simultaneously entering through both apertures.
- 753
You haven't put out either the tablecloth or the plates was rejected despite 'put out' being in the hints
You set neither the tablecloths nor the plates. The way duo has written this sentence does not make sense.
- 764
Non-English translators should not be creating these lessons. Really quite shocking. Unfortunately, no one in charge reads these discussion boards.
It's cause English is a very weird language. English not accepting double negatives is just stupid.
- 1096
You can have as many negatives as you like in English, but my wife dislikes it when I go above three or four.
Would someone @duolingo please fix all these *neither...nor" translations? They're awful.
- 1096
"You have set neither the tablecloth nor the plates." is the correct English grammar to match the French. We are discussing a specific tablecloth and specific plates.