Please comment on this sentence.

Question

Hi,

Is this structure ok ? If not, please make your precious comments about it.

 

In this paper it is shown that the mentioned protocols are susceptible to

several flaws, nor do they satisfy some vital prerequisites.

Answer 1

In the above sentence, we can use "nor do they satisfy ..." only if we have a negative sentence with "do not" before. So we can correct it like:

In this paper it is shown that the mentioned protocols do not fully meet the standards, nor do they satisfy some vital prerequisites.

Or:

In this paper it is shown that the mentioned protocols are not completely in line with the standards, nor are they valid enough to satisfy some vital prerequisites.

Comments

Hi there,

Very useful. Many thanks to your comments.

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