why neutral wire in AC or positive terminal of DC shocks you?

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In high voltage dc, electrons come from negative terminal and deposits in the positive terminal. If you touch only positive terminal, then does it suck electrons from your body?

And I understand that neutral wires are grounded at the transformer. So how can a connection between me and the ground shock me?

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Neutral becomes dangerous if there is an open, or a high resistance connection. I.e. if there is a break in the wire somewhere, or an incorrectly bonded connection, or your ground connection is poor.

What can happen is because there is no longer a good return path, voltage on the neutral wire can float up to the hot leg voltage.

There are a few different situations. Illustrating them would take… Illustrations. First reply is also correct.

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