Grammar Or or Nor?

JLT · Oct 7, 2019

Naomasa298 said: ↑

"You can have cake, or you can have pie, but you can't have both." - Unambiguous, but no one would ever say this.
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I'd like you to meet a few lunch ladies at the school I used to go to.

Mish · Oct 7, 2019

Seven Crowns said: ↑

The grammatical answer is that should be "and." It's a compound subject.
Feelings and relations are unworthy. The phrases are inverted across two lines, but even in OVS order, it's still two subjects that are unworthy.

But stylistically, the second line could have verb elided.
Nor (are) closest relations we built . . .

And I guess you know my choice is nor. If you're going that route you need the negation. If too much is chopped the line loses meaning.
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Thank you so much! Something to think about.

Thank you everyone!

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