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Both … and

Subjects connected by ’both … and’ take the a plural conjugation.

Examples:

Both Alice and Janice attended USC.
Both Jim and Peter are attending the conference in New York this weekend.

Either … or

’Either … or’ is used in sentences in a positive sense meaning "one or the other, this or that, he or she, etc." Verb conjugation depends on the subject (singular or plural) closest to the conjugated verb.

Examples:

Either Peter or the girls need to attend the course. (second subject plural)
Either Jane or Matt is going to visit next weekend. (second subject singular)

Neither … nor

’Neither … nor’ is used in sentences in a negative sense meaning "not this one nor the other, not this nor that, not he nor she, etc.". Verb conjugation depends on the subject (singular or plural) closest to the conjugated verb.

Examples:

Neither Frank nor Lilly lives in Eugene. (second subject singular)
Neither Axel nor my other friends care about their future. (second subject plural)

 

Click here and here for some practice.

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