- ‘Either’ can mean “the one or the other.”
- ‘Neither’ can mean “not the one and not the other” or “not either.”
C1 English Grammar Profile point 63 in DETERMINERS/quantity is defined as:
‘either’ and ‘neither’ + ‘of’ with plural noun phrases or pronouns.
For example:
Neither of these men is Chaney. (note the subject-verb agreement!)
I don’t think that either of these boys would want to hurt Emily.
But the truth is, it’s not going to be either of those things.
*Note, ‘either of them’ or ‘either of us’ is B2
A search in iWeb for:
*either of * _NN2
1 EITHER OF THOSE THINGS 1300
2 NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS 887
3 EITHER OF THESE THINGS 842
4 EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS 702
5 NEITHER OF THESE THINGS 616
6 EITHER OF THESE METHODS 512
7 EITHER OF THE PARTIES 469
8 NEITHER OF THESE OPTIONS 453
9 EITHER OF TWO WAYS 362
10 EITHER OF THESE CASES 335
11 EITHER OF THESE CONDITIONS 288
12 EITHER OF THESE QUESTIONS 260
13 EITHER OF THE OTHERS 253
14 EITHER OF THESE PRODUCTS 202
15 EITHER OF THESE CATEGORIES 201
16 EITHER OF THESE SITUATIONS 188
17 EITHER OF THESE PROGRAMS 144
18 EITHER OF THESE AREAS 135
19 EITHER OF THOSE QUESTIONS 131
20 EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES 127
21 EITHER OF THESE PLACES 117
22 EITHER OF THESE SCENARIOS 116
23 NEITHER OF MY PARENTS 115
24 EITHER OF THESE WAYS 100
25 EITHER OF THOSE PLACES 100
26 EITHER OF THESE EVENTS 98
27 EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS 97
28 EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS 96
29 EITHER OF THESE GUYS 93
30 EITHER OF THOSE CASES 92
31 EITHER OF THESE ITEMS 89
32 EITHER OF THESE ISSUES 88
B1 vocabulary in the above:
conditions, events, issues, items, locations, methods, options, products, situations
*either of * * *
1 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING : 1051
2 EITHER OF THEM . 960
3 EITHER OF THE OTHER TWO 764
4 EITHER OF THE FIRST TWO 436
5 EITHER OF THOSE THINGS . 386
6 EITHER OF THOSE THINGS , 280
7 EITHER OF THEM . I 247
8 NEITHER OF US HAD EVER 246
9 EITHER OF THEM , BUT 237
10 NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS . 219
11 EITHER OF THEM , AND 208
12 EITHER OF THESE. 201
13 EITHER OF THESE CASES, 195
14 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING TWO 191
15 EITHER OF THOSE. 187
16 EITHER OF TWO WAYS: 181
17 EITHER OF THEM. THE 178
18 EITHER OF THESE THINGS. 171
19 EITHER OF THE LAST TWO 166
20 EITHER OF THESE THINGS, 164
21 NEITHER OF US WANTED TO 161
22 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS 158
23 EITHER OF THEM. ” 149
24 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS 145
25 NEITHER OF US HAD ANY 145
26 NEITHER OF WHICH CAN BE 141
27 EITHER OF THESE, YOU 137
28 EITHER OF US. 136
29 EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS, 135
30 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS 130
31 EITHER OF THE TWO. 129
32 EITHER OF THE ABOVE, 129
33 EITHER OF TWO WAYS. 128
34 EITHER OF THESE QUESTIONS, 127
35 EITHER OF WHICH CAN BE 124
36 EITHER OF THESE TYPES OF 117
37 EITHER OF YOU. 113
38 EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS. 109
39 EITHER OF THESE METHODS, 106
40 EITHER OF THEM , OR 106
41 NEITHER OF WHICH IS A 105
42 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES 84
43 NEITHER OF WHICH I HAVE 84
44 EITHER OF THESE SITUATIONS, 81
45 NEITHER OF US HAVE EVER 72
46 EITHER OF WHICH MAY BE 71
47 EITHER OF THE TWO MAJOR 69
48 EITHER OF THOSE QUESTIONS, 66
49 EITHER OF THESE CATEGORIES, 63
50 EITHER OF US HAD EVER 61
51 NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE 59
52 EITHER OF THE TWO MAIN 58
53 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES 56
54 EITHER OF US. I 55
55 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS 55
56 EITHER OF THEM IN THE 54
57 NEITHER OF THESE IS A 54
58 EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 53
59 EITHER OF THESE CAN BE 53
60 EITHER OF THE PARTIES. 52
61 NEITHER OF THESE THINGS ARE 52
62 NEITHER OF THESE OPTIONS ARE 51
63 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS 51
64 EITHER OF THE ABOVE TWO 51
65 EITHER OF THE ABOVE. 50
66 EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS TWO 49
67 EITHER OF THEM. BUT 49
68 NEITHER OF US HAD BEEN 49
69 EITHER OF THOSE CASES, 48
70 EITHER OF THESE , OR 48
71 EITHER OF THEM. THEY 48
72 EITHER OF THE OTHERS . 48
B2 vocabulary:
categories, circumstances, major, neither