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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Correct the sentence
Will you accept either of these five proposals?
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" These are a bit more pleasing to my ear: Will you accept one of these five proposals? Will you accept any of these five proposals?
- " These are a bit more pleasing to my ear: Will you accept one of these five proposals?
- Will you accept any of these five proposals?
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To me, either sounds strange here, but a dictionary's usage note hints that this use is not wrong:
"Either sometimes occurs in reference to more than two (either of the three children), but any is more common in this construction (any of the three children)."
These are a bit more pleasing to my ear:
Will you accept one of these five
"Either sometimes occurs in reference to more than two (either of the three children), but any is more common in this construction (any of the three children)."
These are a bit more pleasing to my ear:
Will you accept one of these five
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