Tips Penggunaan "Either" dan "Neither"

Hi TEC Buddies, Kali ini TEC akan memberikan Tips Penggunaan “Either” dan “Neither”.

Apa itu Either dan Neither?

Either : Salah satu dari …

Neither: Tak satupun dari …

Nah langsung saja ini beberapa cara Penggunaan “Either” dan “Neither” :

1. EITHER

A. Choice of 2 possibilities

Either … Or

- Either you tell me now or I’ll ask him directly.

- We can bring either wine or beer to the party.

- Either Dad or Mom will call you, OK?

Either + [one] of + [group of two]

- Either of us can do it. It’s easy.

- Ok, so we can bring either of them to the party.

- Either one of them will call you.

B. Rejection of 2 possibilities

Not … Either … Or

- I don’t think either Dad or Mom can call you.

- I don’t speak either Italian or Spanish.

- He doesn’t eat either fish or meat.

C. Agreement after negative statements

Not … Either

- I don’t like football and He doesn’t either.

- She didn’t go out last night and I didn’t either.

- They won’t help you and I won’t either.

2. NEITHER

A. Rejection of 2 possibilities

Neither … Nor

- Sorry but neither Dad nor Mom will call you.

- In the end, they brought neither wine nor beer.

- She speaks neither Italian nor Spanish.

Neither + [one] of [group of two]

- Neither of us has money.

- Neither one of them can call you.

- Neither one of us is ready to go out.

B. Agreement after negative statements

Neither

- I don’t speak Italian. > Me neither

- I don’t like football and neither he.

- I don’t want anything to  eat. > neither do I

- They won’t help you and neither will I.

C. As a determiner

Neither

- Neither team scored a goal. it was 0 - 0.

- Neither day last weekend was nice.

---Bonus---

- I don’t know about it and he doesn’t either.

- I don’t know about it and neither does he.

hehehe, see the difference?

*Beberapa arti lain dari Either dan Neither

- Either: Salah satu, Salah seorang, Tiap, Juga.

- Neither: Tidak ada, Tidak seorangpun, maupun, Juga tidak.

Keep learning and you will know more about it.

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