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This video covers how to use either/or, neither/nor, and both/and. How do these word pairs change the meaning of a sentence? Do we use singular or plural verbs?
Transcript
- 00:00
Thank you We sneak Either or neither nor and both
- 00:06
and allah shmoop Both lenny and the spider scream when
- 00:11
they realised the other was in the shower Either lenny
- 00:15
or the spider was gonna have to leave Neither lenny
- 00:18
nor the spider was the vicious beast the other assumed
Full Transcript
- 00:23
both and either or and neither nor are always to
- 00:26
describe in one sense what many subjects are for aren't
- 00:30
doing Each of these phrases leaves two spaces for subjects
- 00:34
both blank and blank either blank or blink neither blank
- 00:38
nor bling Plus each of those blanks Those subjects can
- 00:42
be singular or plural It's a both lenny and the
- 00:46
spider to singular subjects either lenny or two hundred newborn
- 00:51
baby spiders One singular subject one plural Neither lenny's parents
- 00:56
nor lenny's friends Two pleural subject here We did that
- 01:01
So now there's Only one thing left to deal with
- 01:03
grammar wise that is lenny's on his own Do we
- 01:06
say either the baby spiders or lenny is goingto win
- 01:11
or are going to win The rule is way simple
- 01:15
for both and phrases Your verb is always going to
- 01:18
be plural for either or and neither nor phrases your
- 01:22
verb is going to correspond to the subject closest to
- 01:25
the verb that second blank If it's singular your verb
- 01:29
is singular If it's plural your verbs plural simple so
- 01:33
let's take that sentence from earlier and try again If
- 01:36
it's either lenny or two hundred newborn baby spiders then
- 01:40
the verb is are goingto win because the second subject
- 01:43
spiders is plural But if it's either two hundred newborn
- 01:48
baby spiders or lenny then it is going to win
- 01:51
because the second subject lenny is singular Although he's really
- 01:54
trying to put himself out there if you know what
- 01:56
i mean go math Dot com try jay dated Same
- 02:01
goes for neither nor it can be Neither lenny nor
- 02:05
lenny's parents are ever going to enter that bathroom again
- 02:09
or neither lenny's parents nor lenny is ever going to
- 02:12
enter that bathroom again And finally both and is the
- 02:18
easiest plural subject Singular subject Whatever The verb is always
- 02:23
going to be plural like this Both lenny and the
- 02:26
spider cingular's weren't able to find common ground and that's
- 02:30
The story of why lenny's entire family didn't shower for
- 02:33
six months And and sorry guys will send you some 00:02:54.08 --> [endTime] right guard
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