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has neither been vs has been neither

Both phrases are incorrect. The correct structure is 'has neither been.' 'Neither' should come before the auxiliary verb 'has' in this context.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 3231 views

has neither been

Incorrect. 'Neither' should come before the auxiliary verb 'has' in this context.

The correct structure is 'has neither been.'
  • The 'use of economic instruments' has neither been defined nor examined in detail to date.
  • While skeptics consider the Ica Stones a hoax, their authenticity has neither been proved or disproved.
  • But it would be absurd to approve, in the form of a miracle amendment, a statute that has neither been properly discussed nor examined in great enough detail.
  • Thankfully, he has neither been seen nor heard of since Arthur's departure.
  • Although this synthetic substance has neither been licensed by the competent health authorities at EU level nor by any authorities in individual Member States, it is freely available to EU citizens.
  • Despite the fact that the Gulf of Trieste is shared by Italy and Slovenia, both of which are EU Member States, Slovenia has neither been informed of nor invited to participate in an assessment of the environmental impact of these planned installations.
  • Welcomes the proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights but regrets the fact that it has neither been incorporated nor even referred to in the new Treaty;
  • It has neither been proved nor disproved yet.
  • But it has neither been incorporated into the Treaties, nor has a reference to the Charter been put in Paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union.

has been neither

Incorrect. 'Neither' should come before the auxiliary verb 'has' in this context.

The correct structure is 'has neither been.'
  • It is claimed that there is such cooperation, but it has been neither full nor adequate.
  • In fact, there has been neither inflation nor growth: central banks can seemingly pour hundreds of billions of dollars, euros, or yen into the market with little discernible effect.
  • Until now this support has been neither extensive nor efficient, primarily because of the cumbersome procedures of Community support through instrument such Tacis or EIDHR.
  • There has been neither "genocide" nor "Holocaust."
  • Media coverage has been neither fair nor balanced, and the OSCE came to the conclusion that the parliamentary elections failed to meet international standards.
  • To date, I believe, it has been neither joint nor - in the literal sense of the word - a strategy, nor is the far more modest framework for relations between the European Union and Russia that we actually have being adequately realised.
  • Request of the Commission, under Article 64 et seq. of the Rules of Procedure, that it submit to the Court the said decision to close the file of 28 February 2008, which has been neither notified to the applicant nor published;
  • There is no argument that could justify why this directive has been neither transposed nor implemented.
  • I would like to make it very clear that Europe has been neither inactive nor passive.
  • However, little or no information is available on these pilots and the circumstances in which they have been conducted; what sufficient quality means has been neither explained nor defined until now.
  • Annex III contains the list of existing active substances that have been identified but in respect of which there has been neither an accepted notification nor an expression of interest by a Member State.
  • Of course, what has been neither coherent nor appropriate has been the deliberate creation of social alarm in the area, with the clear purpose of turning this problem into an attack on the Spanish Government.
  • Mr President, I would like to make a correction to my statement on the EC/Switzerland agreement, because since 1 May this year, Mr Jörg Haider has been neither a member of the government nor the leader of Austria's Freedom Party.
  • whereas, to date, the EU's external action has been neither consistent nor effective, owing to the lack of a Community dimension to that policy,
  • The competition factor (points 3.2 to 3.6 of the 1998 MSF), as determined in the 2000 Decision, has been neither challenged nor amended and did not form part of the decision of 26 April 2006 to open the procedure.
  • where there has been neither case/outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease during the prior 60 days, nor in the holdings situated in their vicinity within 25 km, during the prior 30 days; and
  • The core demand for workers and peasants committees, justified in a confusing and contradictory way, has been neither understood nor abided by.
  • where there has been neither case/outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease during the prior 60 days, nor in the holdings situated in their vicinity within 25 km, during the prior 30 days; and
  • Barry Crumb has been neither use nor ornament for quite some time.

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