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Neither, neither … nor  and  not … either Grammar  >  Words, sentences and clauses  >  Negation  > Neither, neither … nor and not … either from  English Grammar Today Neither  as a determiner Neither  allows us to make a negative statement about two people or things at the same time.  Neither  goes before singular countable nouns. We use it to say ‘not either’ in relation to two things.  Neither  can be pronounced  /ˈnaɪðə(r)/  or  /ˈni:ðə(r)/. Neither  parent came to meet the teacher.  (The mother didn’t come and the father didn’t come.) Neither  dress fitted her.  (There were two dresses and not one of them fitted her.) We use  neither of  before pronouns and plural countable nouns which have a determiner ( my, his, the ) before them: Neither   of  us went to the concert. Neither of  the birthday cards...
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