Select the most appropriate option to replace the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Shyama does not laugh, nor she smiles.

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  1. nor she does smile
  2. she does smile
  3. nor does she smile
  4. nor she smile does

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Option 3 : nor does she smile
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The correct answer is 'nor does she smile'.

Key Points

  •  We need to substitute the underlined segment with one of the options :
  •   'Neither,nor,so' follows the inversion in which the auxiliary verb comes before the subject than the main verb.
    • Example: She does not want to be constricted by narrow feminism nor does she accept the cultural burden handed to her as a woman.
  • Moreover, 'so + auxilliary+ subject' is added to a positive statement to express an argument, and 'neither/nor' + auxilliary+ subject' is added to a negative statement for the same purpose.
  • In this case, 'nor does she smile' is the correct structure for the following statement.
  • Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
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