Both and When they combıne the subjects of two sentences, the verb ıs always plural wıth Both And

Both….and

When they combıne the subjects of two sentences, the verb ıs always plural wıth Both…. And

• Example: My father is very interested in football, and so is my brother.
• Both my father and my brother are very interested in football.
• The fruit at the local market is cheap.
• The fruit at the local market is fresh.

- The fruit at the local market is both cheap and fresh.

When Do We Use Either Or, Neither Nor?

• Either / or: is used in a sentence when referring to a choice between two possibilities.
• Neither / nor: is used in a sentence in a negative context when you want to say that two or more things are untrue

Either…or/ Neither…nor

Wıth Eıther …….or and

Neıther….nor , the verb depends on the subject closer to the verb.

Either….or

• Either the teachers or the principal is responsible for this.
• Either the principal or the teachers are responsible for this.

Neither….nor

• Neither Jill nor her parents are coming to the party.
• Neither her parents nor Jill is coming to the party.

EXAMPLE EITHER….OR

• You can pay in cash, or you can pay by cheque.

- You can pay either in cash or by cheque.

• To get our house, you can take the bus , you can take the train.

- To get our house, you can take either the bus or the train.

Example Neither…nor

• She isn’t tall. She isn’t short.

- She is neither tall nor short.

• Vicky doesn’t look like her mother. She doesn’t look like her father.

- Vicky looks like neither her mother nor father.