neither和either的用法
1.共同点:
1)它们都可用作主语、宾语和定语.
例如:①Neither of the books is good.(主)
②He phoned neither of us yesterday.(宾)
③Neither way is correct.(定)
④I don't think either of them is at home.(主)
⑤Here are two knives.You can take either of them.(宾)
⑥There are shops on either side of the street.(定)
2)Neither和either作定语时,其后的名词都用单数.例如:
Neither book gives the answer.
There are tall buildings on either side of the road.
2.不同点:
neither是表示“两都不”的否定说法,而either是表示“两人或两物中任何一个”的肯定说法.
注意:
A.either作为副词表示“也”,不同于too,also,either通常用于否定句的末尾,too通常用于肯定句的句 末;而also通常用于肯定句和疑问句中,其位置一般用在to be之后,其它动词之前.