Question

Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

• A. We can take either the morning flight nor the one in the afternoon.
• B. We can take neither the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.
• C. We can take either morning flight or the one in afternoon.
• D. We can take either the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.

Hint:

Always use “either...or” and “neither...nor” as fixed correlative conjunction pairs for grammatical correctness.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Option (D) is correct because:
The correlative pair “either...or” is used correctly to present two alternatives.
The article “the” is correctly placed before “morning flight” and “afternoon” because they refer to specific flights.
Word order and prepositions are correctly used: “in the afternoon” is the correct phrase, not “in afternoon.” Option (A) is wrong because “either” should be paired with “or,” not “nor.” Option (B) is incorrect because “neither” should be paired with “nor,” not “or.” Option (C) omits the article “the” and uses “in afternoon” incorrectly.

Answer 2

This sentence is checked on three points: the correct correlative pair ('either...or,' not 'either...nor' or 'neither...or'), the definite article before specific flights, and the correct preposition phrase 'in the afternoon.'

1. We can take either the morning flight nor the one in the afternoon.: 'Either' must be paired with 'or,' never with 'nor.' Pairing 'either' with 'nor' is not a valid correlative construction in English.
2. We can take neither the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.: Here the mismatch runs the other way, 'neither' must be paired with 'nor,' not 'or.' This also changes the intended meaning from offering a choice between two flights to rejecting both.
3. We can take either morning flight or the one in afternoon.: The correlative pair is correct, but the definite article 'the' is missing before 'morning flight,' and the phrase 'in afternoon' is missing 'the' as well, it should read 'in the afternoon.'
4. We can take either the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.: 'Either...or' is used correctly, 'the' appears before both specific flights being compared, and the idiomatic phrase 'in the afternoon' is used correctly with its article.

Correct conjunction pairing together with correct articles throughout makes this option the only fully correct one.

Therefore, the correct answer is We can take either the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.

Answer 3

Three tags decide this one: the correlative conjunction pairing ('either' must pair with 'or'), the definite article before each specific flight, and the fixed phrase 'in the afternoon'.

1. We can take either the morning flight nor the one in the afternoon.: Tagging the conjunction shows 'either' paired with 'nor', an invalid combination, 'either' can only correctly pair with 'or' in standard English.
2. We can take neither the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.: Tagging shows 'neither' paired with 'or', also invalid, 'neither' requires 'nor'. This mismatch changes the sentence's meaning from offering a choice to rejecting both options.
3. We can take either morning flight or the one in afternoon.: The conjunction tags correctly as 'either...or', but the article tag is missing before 'morning flight', and 'in afternoon' is missing its article too, it should read 'in the afternoon'.
4. We can take either the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.: The conjunction tags correctly as 'either...or', the definite article 'the' tags correctly before both 'morning flight' and 'afternoon', and the idiomatic phrase 'in the afternoon' is complete.

Only one option passes the conjunction tag and both article tags together.

Therefore, the correct answer is We can take either the morning flight or the one in the afternoon.