Kata "either" dan "neither" dalam penggunaannya seringkali membingungkan baik itu native speaker maupun non native speaker. Kata "either" dan "neither" pada prinsipnya dipakai untuk memilih sebuah pilihan diantara dua hal. Kalau diartikan rumit, coba lihat aja pribadi misalnya lalu praktekkan:
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Either.......or
Either...or dipakai untuk memilih pilihan diantara 2 kemungkinan.
- Either Guzman or Cathy will be there
- Either you live me alone or I will call the lawyer
- We should be bring either coffe or milk
- You can either help us or go to your home
Etiher sanggup diikuti oleh (one) of +keduanya
- Either of you should know
- Either one of you should know
- Either of us could do it
- Either one of us could do it
Not...either...or menyangkal kemungkinan keduanya
- I don't think either John or Nina will be there
- He's doesn't speaks either English or Indonesia
Not...either biasa dipakai sesudah pernyataan negatif
- I don't speak Java
- You don't either
- He's not ready to go
- We aren't either
Neither.....nor
Neither...nor sama dengan not....either....or
- Neither John nor Alisa will be there
- He speaks neither Java nor Sunda
- We brought neither coffe nor milk
- I will neither help you nor go to my home
Neither sanggup diikuti oleh (one) of +keduanya
- Neither of them is ready
- Neither one of them is ready
- Neither of us has any money
- Neither one of us has any money
Neither biasa gunakan menyerupai either....or
- I don't speak English
Neither do I
- informal = me, neither
- He's not ready to go
- Neither are we
Catatan kecil: Either artinya satu, neither artinya tidak satupun dan neither sama dengan not either. Either berpasangan dengan or sedangkan neither berpasangan dengan nor. Selamat mencoba.
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