Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
He is neither honest ________ industrious.
a) nor
b) not
c) and
d) both

Answer 1

Hint: Conjugation is a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms. It is the complete set of inflected forms of a verb.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us describe that ‘he’ was not honest or industrious.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'nor', is a word used often with ‘neither’ in a sentence, which means ‘A function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true’.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct as it perfectly describes the required sentence and is grammatically correct.
Option (b.), ‘not', is incorrect as a sentence which has ‘neither’ is paired with ‘nor’ instead of ‘not’ in it, for that would be grammatically correct.
Option (c.), ‘and', means ‘as a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.’ It is incorrect as a sentence which has ‘neither’ is paired with ‘nor’ instead of ‘not’ in it, for that would be grammatically correct.
Option (d.), ‘both', means ‘each of the two; one and the other.’ It is incorrect as a sentence which has ‘neither’ is paired with ‘nor’ instead of ‘not’ in it, for that would be grammatically correct.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to understand the meaning of ‘honest’ and ‘industrious’ in the given sentence. Honest means ‘not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.’ Industrious means ‘characterized by hard work and perseverance’.