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Kook j Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Either

This cofee tastes either acid or bitter.

Does above mean This cofee tastes both acid and bitter?
  

Top answer

Hi, No, one or the other. Clive

  • Hi, No, one or the other.
  • Clive
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Hi,

No, one or the other.

Clive
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Hi, Clive thank you for your answer.

Would you answer me one more question ?

I've met many grammatical exceptions in English so far such as I don't wanna do nothing at all.(I don't wanna do anything at all), I ain't go nowhere.(I don't go anywhere.)

So I just want to know is there any exceptional usage of either in the way like I wrote in my first post and
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Hi,

I've met many grammatical exceptions in English so far such as

I don't wanna do nothing at all.(I don't wanna do anything at all),

I ain't go nowhere.(I don't go anywhere.)Not common. I think you mean

I ain't goin' nowhere.(I'
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Thank you Clive. You made it clear.

note: I ain't go nowhere.(I don't go anywhere.) This actually exists in some context. (Ain't is used even as don'ttoday!
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Hi,

note: I ain't go nowhere.(I don't go anywhere.) This actually exists in some context.

In what context? In some kind of street patois used by illiterates?

(Ain't is used even as don't today!
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Clive In some kind of street patois
That's it. I heard them in some American rap music.
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For the love of all that you hold holy, do not use rap music as the basis for ANYTHING to do with standard English!
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I know GG. When I first started to study English, I had totally no idea what negative + negative = negative sentense(especially the one paired with ain't) actually means. I once even quit studying because of it. Certainly that gets me even suspicious about informal grammar as a whole.

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