Question

Neither do women cook, nor do men work, during the eclipse.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. or
• C. yet
• D. but

Answer 1

The correct option is A NO CHANGE

When conjunctions present two alternatives they're called disjunctive or alternative conjunctions. The given sentence contains an alternative conjunction "neither...nor" which is appropriate for the sentence. It's in negative, that describes what women and men do not do during an eclipse, and 'neither' is always paired with the conjunction 'nor' (in the order "neither, nor"), and no other. Hence the underlined word does not need to be changed and option A is correct. 'Or' is an alternative conjunction which when paired, is only paired with 'either', as they're positive and express a choice between two alternatives in the positive sense. As 'either' isn't mentioned in the statement, and 'or' won't be paired with 'neither', option B is incorrect. 'Yet' is an adversative conjunction, used when two clauses in a sentence have a contrast or opposite meaning. For example, "Women don't cook during the eclipse, yet men do their work", here the ideas are opposite where one group is working and the other isn't. Since the given sentence is not contrast, option C is incorrect. Similarly, 'but' is also an adversative conjunction that's used for contrast statements, and the given statement is not contrast in meaning, hence option D is incorrect.