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Both / either
Message from jenny90 posted on 22-10-2015 at 20:44:52 (D | E | F)
Hello everyone .
I have a question about using both and either.
A. Which dress do you want to buy, the yellow or the black one?
B. They're ( both - either ) very nice.

I think ~~it's~~ "both" is the correct answer.
Which one is grammatically correct? and why?
Is it correct to use either instead of both in the previous sentence?
Thank you for your help.

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Edited by lucile83 on 22-10-2015 21:09

Re: Both / either from lucile83, posted on 22-10-2015 at 21:15:41 (D | E)
Hello,

A. Which dress do you want to buy, the yellow or the black one?
B. They're ( both - either ) very nice.
There are two possible answers:
- they're both very nice
- either of them is very nice

Re: Both / either from jenny90, posted on 22-10-2015 at 21:18:49 (D | E)
ok, thanks

but if we have this sentence in the same order
They're ( both - either ) very nice.
what should I use??

Re: Both / either from lucile83, posted on 22-10-2015 at 22:43:26 (D | E)
Hello,
If you have to respect the order of the words in the sentence you'll have to write:
- they're both very nice
You can't write
- they're either very nice, it's not possible.

Re: Both / either from jenny90, posted on 22-10-2015 at 22:45:30 (D | E)
Ok, thanks so much lucile83

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