The curious case of
NEITHER/EITHER -El curioso caso de NEITHER/EITHER
NEITHER deniega las dos
posibilidades (X nor Y) y equivale a not either. Las frases que forma son
negativas así que no se niega el verbo.
EITHER nos da a elegir entre dos opciones (X or Y) y puede ir
en oraciones afirmativas o negativas (not either X or Y = es decir, ninguno).
Veamos algunos ejemplos:
·
I had seen neither your books nor your notebooks. = I hadn’t seen either your books or your
notebooks.
·
Either you go or
I’ll go myself.
·
I would pick either you or your brother.
·
I would not pick either you or your
brother = I would pick neither you nor your brother.
El problema es cuando forman
parte del sujeto de la frase y debemos decidir si le sigue el verbo en singular
o en plural. Intenta completar estas frases con IS/ARE:
·
Neither my
friends nor I ___ leaving.
·
Either I or my
father ___ leaving.
·
Neither my father
nor my cousins __ leaving.
Bien, en estos casos el verbo
concuerda con la última persona mencionada, es decir que sería:
·
Neither my
friends nor I am leaving.
·
Either I or my
father is leaving.
·
Neither my father
nor my cousins are leaving.
·
My aunt or my uncle is arriving by
train today.
·
Neither Juan nor Carmen is available today with stage decorations.
·
Either Kiana or Casey is helping
·
Neither she nor I am going to the festival
·
The serving
bowl or the plates go on that shelf
·
Neither Jenny nor
the others are available.
También, neither/either pueden ir seguidos de un grupo, y
siempre toma el singular
Neither of them
is ready.
·
Neither one of them is ready.
·
Either of you is ready.
·
Neither of us has any money.
·
Neither one of us has any money.
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