Choose the option that correctly combines the two sentences into one:
The tailor did not finish my kurta by Diwali. He did not return the cloth either.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The tailor neither finished my kurta by Diwali nor returned the cloth.
Both sentences say what the tailor did not do. Two negative ideas are joined with the pair neither ... nor. “Neither” comes just before the first action and “nor” before the second.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: The tailor neither finished my kurta by Diwali or returned the cloth. — Incorrect. “Neither” goes with “nor”, never with “or”.
Option 3: Neither the tailor finished my kurta by Diwali nor returned the cloth. — Incorrect. “Neither” is placed before the tailor. It must come before the first of the two actions, “finished”.
Option 4: The tailor either finished my kurta by Diwali or returned the cloth. — Incorrect. “Either ... or” says that he did one of the two things. The given sentences say he did neither.