During his fast he neither ate food nor drank liquids identify the correlating conjunction

A correlating conjunction is a word that brings two similar words or phrases together. In this case the correlating conjunction is "neither" because that is bringing together "ate food" and "drank liquids" .

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Neither and nor

Explanation:

Correlative or correlating conjunction is a type of conjunction that comes in pairs, although its words are not next to each other, and whose function is to join sentence elements that are equally important. Some of them are neither/nor (as it is used in the sentence), both/and, not only/but also, as/as, as many/as, such/that, rather/than and whether/or.

the five different scouting organizations are cub scouts, boy scouts, girl scouts, brownies, and 4h. the main purpose of the scouting movement is to young people develop mentally, spiritually and physically.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”