Rewrite "That was either an apple or a pear" into a correct negative sentence, choosing from the options provided.

Here are the solutions for the English grammar questions:

• 136. The original sentence "That was either an apple or a pear" uses "either...or". To form a correct negative sentence, we use "neither...nor".
  • A) That was neither an apple nor a pear. This correctly negates both options.
  • B) "neither apple nor pear" is missing the article "an" before "pear".
  • C) "not apple or pear" is not the standard way to negate "either...or".
  • D) "not either apple or pear" is redundant.
  • E) "not neither" creates a double negative.