*Either/or and neither/nor*
*Either / or -* used in a
sentence in the affirmative sense when referring to a choice between two possibilities.
✅ We can either eat now or after the show - it's up to you.
✅Neither / nor - used in a sentence in the negative sense when you want to say that two or more things are not true..
✅ Neither my mother nor my father went to university.
📕 Singular or plural .
✅When using either/or and neither/nor, note the following rules:
📘If both elements are singular, then the verb is singular too.
✅Either the father or the mother has to attend the meeting.
📕(father and mother are singular; so the verb has is singular too)
✅Neither Leila nor Nader is going to write the report.
📕 (Leila and Nader are singular; so the verb is is singular too)
📕However, if one of the elements is plural, then use a plural verb.
✅Either Sara or the girls are going to prepare dinner tonight.
📕(the girls is plural; so the verb (are )should use .
✅Neither the teacher nor the students were in the classroom this morning.
📘(the students is plural; so the verb( were) should use .
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*Either / or -* used in a
sentence in the affirmative sense when referring to a choice between two possibilities.
✅ We can either eat now or after the show - it's up to you.
✅Neither / nor - used in a sentence in the negative sense when you want to say that two or more things are not true..
✅ Neither my mother nor my father went to university.
📕 Singular or plural .
✅When using either/or and neither/nor, note the following rules:
📘If both elements are singular, then the verb is singular too.
✅Either the father or the mother has to attend the meeting.
📕(father and mother are singular; so the verb has is singular too)
✅Neither Leila nor Nader is going to write the report.
📕 (Leila and Nader are singular; so the verb is is singular too)
📕However, if one of the elements is plural, then use a plural verb.
✅Either Sara or the girls are going to prepare dinner tonight.
📕(the girls is plural; so the verb (are )should use .
✅Neither the teacher nor the students were in the classroom this morning.
📘(the students is plural; so the verb( were) should use .
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