Both Neither Either2

BOTH, NEITHER, EITHER Coincidences

Similarities 2 people/things

Both restaurants are very good (A + B) Neither restaurant is expensive (not A + not B) We can go to either restaurant (or A or B)

Similarities: Jobs

Both of them HAVE a good job (Peter + Mike) Neither of them HAS a good job (Not John + not James)

BOTH ... AND I was BOTH tired AND hungry.

NEITHER...NOR NEITHER Chris NOR Pat came to the party He said he would contact me, but he NEITHER phoned NOR wrote. note: NEITHER is already negative, so the verb is in the affirmative. Neither Chris nor Pat didn’t come to the party.X

EITHER...OR I’m not sure where is Maria from. She is EITHER Spanish OR Italian (or one or the other, not both)

BOTH VS. EITHER BOTH: 2 things considered together. EITHER: 2 things considered separately. We can go to BOTH restaurants (one and the other) We can go to EITHER restaurant (one or the other, not both)

short answers: POSITIVE SENTENCE: I’m very busy! = SO AM I = So + aux.+ subject NEGATIVE SENTECE: I can’t drive= NEITHER CAN I = Neither + aux. + subject DO / DOES/ DID: I came yesterday=So did I. Me, too / me, neither: I like pizzas. Me too! I’m not very hungry= Me, neither.

Short answers: differences I’m very busy = I’m not! (Subject + aux) I can’t speak Japanese = I can! (Subject + aux) DO/DOES/DID: I didn’t go to the meeting yesterday= I did!