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“Either / neither / both” “NEITHER OF,” “EITHER OF,” AND “BOTH OF”

“Either of,” “neither of,”
and “both of” are used
“Either,” “neither,” and “both” are used in situations where See also: before a plural pronoun “Bicycles” is a plural noun.
two options are being described. They indicate that one, Articles 63 Singular and plural nouns 69 or a determiner plus a
two, or none of the options are possible. Personal pronouns 77 plural noun.

“Them” is a plural pronoun.
“EITHER,” “NEITHER,” AND “BOTH”
“Either” means
“one or the other”
of two options
and is used before
a singular noun. Indicates that there
are two tournaments.

“Of” is optional after
“both” when a determiner is
“Neither” means “not one used with the noun.
and not the other” of two Singular noun.
options and is used before a
singular noun. It has the
same meaning as a negative
statement with “either.”

Plural personal
“Both” means “each pronouns “us,” “you,”
one of two” and is and “them” can be
used before a plural used with “either of,” “Them” is the object.
noun, or after a A determiner, such as “the,” “these,” “neither of,” and “both
plural pronoun. or “my” can be used after “both.” of” as a subject as well
as an object.
"You" is the subject.
A plural pronoun can go before “both.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES
ANOTHER WAY TO SAY IT

“Either,” “neither,” and
“both” can be used
alone when the
context is clear.

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