In English Either or Neither can be as a pronoun, determiner, conjunction or an adverb.
1. Used as a PRONOUN
2. Used as a DETERMINER
3. Used as a CONJUNCTION
4. Used as an ADVERB
5. USING ‘NOR’ WITHOUT NEITHER
- Either is use before two or more persons or things, and we use or to separate them.
For example:
You can borrow either one or two DVD for now.
- We use either when we have one of two or more choices.
For example:
It’s either you send your old TV to repair or you buy a new one.
- When there are two nouns in the singular and are joined by ”either… or”, or” neither… nor”, they take a singular verb.
For example:
Neither the jacket nor the wallet is the mine.
Either this frog or that toad is croaking.
- When the two subjects are in different persons, and the subjects are preceded by ‘or’ or ‘nor’, the verb agrees with the subject nearest or next to it.
For example:
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Either he or you are telling the truth. (NOT is) |
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Either you or he is telling the truth. (NOT are) |
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Neither he nor you are telling the truth. (NOT is) |
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Neither you nor he is telling the truth. (NOT are) |
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Either you or I am going. (NOT are) |
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Neither you nor I am going. (NOT are) |
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