Usages of nec
Puer minus diligens est; ideo idem mendum iterum describit nec statim corrigit.
The boy is less diligent; therefore he copies the same mistake again and does not correct it at once.
Mater nec panem nec caseum emit.
Mother buys neither bread nor cheese.
Cum mater in culina occupata esset, filia ipsa cubiculum purgavit nec ullam moram fecit.
Since mother was busy in the kitchen, the daughter cleaned the bedroom herself and made no delay.
Illa etiam monet non omnia verba aspera vera esse, nec omnem vocem blandam veram videri.
She also warns that not all harsh words are true, and that not every gentle voice seems true.
Emptor placidus pretium iterum rogat, nec clamat.
The calm buyer asks the price again and does not shout.
Vir intestatus filium non exheredat nec heredem nuncupat.
The intestate man does not disinherit his son or formally name an heir.
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