Correct or not?
I read the following note about the use of 'BOTH' in Cambridge Dictionary:
They were both very nice, kind and beautiful. (after be as a main verb)
Not: They both were very nice …
Is this a fixed rule?
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It's a convention that we almost always follow, but I wouldn't say it's "a fixed rule". My advice is to treat it as if it were a fixed rule. The same is true for "all".
- It's a convention that we almost always follow, but I wouldn't say it's "a fixed rule".
- My advice is to treat it as if it were a fixed rule.
- The same is true for "all".
- I found these online: His grandfather and his father were both dead.
- Chen and Eberli were both at Wake Forest at the time.
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It's a convention that we almost always follow, but I wouldn't say it's "a fixed rule". My advice is to treat it as if it were a fixed rule.
The same is true for "all". I found these online:
His grandfather and his father were both dead.
Chen and Eberli were both at Wake Forest at the time.
An infant and a woman in a wheelchair were both rescued an
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