neither | either + of + PLURAL NOUN PHRASE – English Grammar Profiler

• ‘Either’ can mean “the one or the other.”
• ‘Neither’ can mean “not the one and not the other” or “not either.”

C1 English Grammar Profile point 63 in DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as:

‘either’ and ‘neither’ + ‘of’ with plural noun phrases or pronouns.

For example:

Neither of these men is Chaney. (note the subject-verb agreement!)

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I don’t think that either of these boys would want to hurt Emily.

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But the truth is, it’s not going to be either of those things.

*Note, ‘either of them’ or ‘either of us’ is B2

A search in iWeb for:

*either of * _NN2

1 EITHER OF THOSE THINGS 1300 2 NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS 887 3 EITHER OF THESE THINGS 842 4 EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS 702 5 NEITHER OF THESE THINGS 616 6 EITHER OF THESE METHODS 512 7 EITHER OF THE PARTIES 469 8 NEITHER OF THESE OPTIONS 453 9 EITHER OF TWO WAYS 362 10 EITHER OF THESE CASES 335 11 EITHER OF THESE CONDITIONS 288 12 EITHER OF THESE QUESTIONS 260 13 EITHER OF THE OTHERS 253 14 EITHER OF THESE PRODUCTS 202 15 EITHER OF THESE CATEGORIES 201 16 EITHER OF THESE SITUATIONS 188 17 EITHER OF THESE PROGRAMS 144 18 EITHER OF THESE AREAS 135 19 EITHER OF THOSE QUESTIONS 131 20 EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES 127 21 EITHER OF THESE PLACES 117 22 EITHER OF THESE SCENARIOS 116

23 NEITHER OF MY PARENTS 115

24 EITHER OF THESE WAYS 100 25 EITHER OF THOSE PLACES 100 26 EITHER OF THESE EVENTS 98 27 EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS 97 28 EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS 96 29 EITHER OF THESE GUYS 93 30 EITHER OF THOSE CASES 92 31 EITHER OF THESE ITEMS 89

32 EITHER OF THESE ISSUES 88

B1 vocabulary in the above:

conditions, events, issues, items, locations, methods, options, products, situations

*either of  * * *

1 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING : 1051 2 EITHER OF THEM . 960 3 EITHER OF THE OTHER TWO 764 4 EITHER OF THE FIRST TWO 436 5 EITHER OF THOSE THINGS . 386 6 EITHER OF THOSE THINGS , 280 7 EITHER OF THEM . I 247 8 NEITHER OF US HAD EVER 246 9 EITHER OF THEM , BUT 237 10 NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS . 219 11 EITHER OF THEM , AND 208 12 EITHER OF THESE. 201 13 EITHER OF THESE CASES, 195 14 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING TWO 191 15 EITHER OF THOSE. 187 16 EITHER OF TWO WAYS: 181 17 EITHER OF THEM. THE 178 18 EITHER OF THESE THINGS. 171 19 EITHER OF THE LAST TWO 166 20 EITHER OF THESE THINGS, 164 21 NEITHER OF US WANTED TO 161 22 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS 158 23 EITHER OF THEM. ” 149 24 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS 145 25 NEITHER OF US HAD ANY 145 26 NEITHER OF WHICH CAN BE 141 27 EITHER OF THESE, YOU 137 28 EITHER OF US. 136 29 EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS, 135 30 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS 130 31 EITHER OF THE TWO. 129 32 EITHER OF THE ABOVE, 129 33 EITHER OF TWO WAYS. 128 34 EITHER OF THESE QUESTIONS, 127 35 EITHER OF WHICH CAN BE 124 36 EITHER OF THESE TYPES OF 117 37 EITHER OF YOU. 113 38 EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS. 109 39 EITHER OF THESE METHODS, 106 40 EITHER OF THEM , OR 106 41 NEITHER OF WHICH IS A 105 42 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES 84 43 NEITHER OF WHICH I HAVE 84 44 EITHER OF THESE SITUATIONS, 81 45 NEITHER OF US HAVE EVER 72 46 EITHER OF WHICH MAY BE 71

47 EITHER OF THE TWO MAJOR 69

48 EITHER OF THOSE QUESTIONS, 66

49 EITHER OF THESE CATEGORIES, 63

50 EITHER OF US HAD EVER 61 51 NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE 59 52 EITHER OF THE TWO MAIN 58

53 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES 56

54 EITHER OF US. I 55 55 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS 55 56 EITHER OF THEM IN THE 54 57 NEITHER OF THESE IS A 54

58 EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 53

59 EITHER OF THESE CAN BE 53 60 EITHER OF THE PARTIES. 52 61 NEITHER OF THESE THINGS ARE 52 62 NEITHER OF THESE OPTIONS ARE 51 63 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS 51 64 EITHER OF THE ABOVE TWO 51 65 EITHER OF THE ABOVE. 50 66 EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS TWO 49 67 EITHER OF THEM. BUT 49 68 NEITHER OF US HAD BEEN 49 69 EITHER OF THOSE CASES, 48 70 EITHER OF THESE , OR 48 71 EITHER OF THEM. THEY 48

72 EITHER OF THE OTHERS . 48

B2 vocabulary:

categories, circumstances, major, neither