khanhhung2512
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According to the rules of grammar, the pronoun either is singular and requires a singular verb.
However, when we break down "either of you", or "either you or you", we still have "you", which deserves a plural verb.
What makes me even more confused is:
+ http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/either (BrE) and http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/either (AmE), I found: "Does either of you speak Chinese?"
+ http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/english/2006/02/are_or_is.html It seems "are" is favored there.
Hence, I'd like to ask about which one is more favored, more correct, and more grammatical. Same question goes for the other three.
I'm more inclined to "is".
Thank you very much.
- Either is correct.
- Either of the answers is/are correct.
- This was not something that either of them was/were happy about.
However, when we break down "either of you", or "either you or you", we still have "you", which deserves a plural verb.
What makes me even more confused is:
+ http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/either (BrE) and http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/either (AmE), I found: "Does either of you speak Chinese?"
+ http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/english/2006/02/are_or_is.html It seems "are" is favored there.
Hence, I'd like to ask about which one is more favored, more correct, and more grammatical. Same question goes for the other three.
I'm more inclined to "is".
Thank you very much.