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Confusing Words> both, either, neither

BOTH, EITHER, NEITHER

Subjects connected by bothmeaning two take a plural conjugation.

Examples:

BothSteven and Anthony attended the training.

Mary has two children. Bothare married. (both children are married)

BothFrank and Lisa are attending the conference in Chicago this weekend.

BothSara and Melissa were late.

Last summer I went to Paris and Cannes. I liked bothcities very much.

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either or

'Either or' is used in sentences in a positive sense meaning "one or the other, this or that,he or she, etc." in other words it is used to offer a choice between two possibilities

Examples:

Im not sure where Laura is from. SheseitherGerman or Italian.

Would you like tea or coffee? - Either. I dont mind.

There are two ways from here to the airport. You can go eitherway.

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neither nor

'Neither nor' is used in sentences in a negative sense meaning "not this one nor the other,not this nor that, not he nor she, none of them etc." - in other words it is used to deny both

possibilities

Examples:

Is your friend British or American? - Neither. Shes Australian.

Neitherof the restaurants I went to was (or were) expensive.

NeitherMike nor my other friends care about their future.

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1. He doesn't like ________________ one of those bands.eitherneithernor

2. I hate that song, and my sister hates it ________________ .

neithertooeither

3. Neither my brother ________________ my mother knows about this.norneitheror

4. He didn't come to the party, and his brother didn't come ________________.neithernor

either

5. ________________ (one) of the girls knows how to dance. ( = Both girls are bad dancers)EitherNeitherNor

6. He ________________ has a cat or a dog. I can't remember.neithertooeither

7. Neither my brother ________________ ready to go.nor his friends arenor his friends isor his friends is

8. He was not angry, ________________ did he insult me. ( = he didn't insult me either)norneithereither

9. I'm thinking of traveling to either Argentina ________________ Brazil.eitheror

nor

10. I'm not a big fan of that writer, and ________________ is my father.tooeitherneither