Describe the function of the bolded coordinating conjunction in this sentence

She did not understand the question, nor did she know the answer.


to convey negation or cancel out things


to show sequence

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The function of the bolded coordinating conjunction "nor" in the sentence "She did not understand the question, nor did she know the answer" is to convey negation or cancel out things. It is used to connect two negative clauses, indicating that both the lack of understanding of the question and the lack of knowledge of the answer are true.