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double conjunctions both and; (n)or
We can make and more emphatic ('stronger') by using both... and.
He's both a top sportsman and a famous writer. She both sings and dances.
We can make or more emphatic by using either... or.
You can either come with me now or find your own way home.
We have time to see either the museum or the cathedral, but not both.
Neither... nor means'nof one and not the other".
The lessons were neither interesting nor useful. He speaks neither English nor French.
Make sentences with bo th... and, either... or or neither... nor.
► She speaks {Chinese Q Japanese )
she speates both C-hli/yese a vydjape? vyest.
► You can have (coffee / tea)
you. ccuA, have either coffee or tea._
► I can (draw Q sing 19)
l ca ia, neither draw Mjr&lwQ.,,
1 I think that she's (Scottish / Irish)
2 I'd like to work with (animals / children)
3 He did well in (mathematics Q history El)
4 This car is (fast B comfortable B)
5 She (looked at me B said anything Q)
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6 I've got problems (at home Q in my ob B )
7 You can (stay here / go home)
8 I like (theatre Q cinema Zl)
9 She speaks (English B French B)
10 I don't understand (politics / economics)
Q Write some true sentences about yourself.
1 I can b o th ..........................................................
2 I can neither......................................................
3 I like b o th ..........................................................
4 I don't like either..............................................
5 I haven't got either...........................................
6 .....................................................................................
In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full CONJUNCTIONS 239
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.