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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Either ~or ~

According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, keeping animals in cages for education or enjoyment teaches youngsters that cruelty to animals is acceptable. Therefore, either we put a stop to keeping animals in the classroom, or we will destroy young people's compassion for the other creatures of our world.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I think here "or" means "if not do that."
If so, I'd like to know what role "either" plays.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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Either .... or is a set of conjunctions presenting one of several choices. htm You can have either a new car or $20,000.

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  • Either ....
  • or is a set of conjunctions presenting one of several choices.
  • htm You can have either a new car or $20,000.
  • ) Two choices: Either X or Y.
  • More than two choices: Either X, Y or Z.
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Either .... or is a set of conjunctions presenting one of several choices. Read more here: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/correlativeconjunction.htm

You can have either a new car or $20,000. (You cannot have both.)

Two choices:
Either X or Y.
More than t
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park sang joonI think here "or" means "if not do that."
Yes, more or less. It's a use of either ... or ... that you might not be familiar with.

either we do X or (if we don't, the result will be that) Y.

There are quite a few grammatical patterns for expressing the same relationship.

Therefore, we [have to
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park sang joonAccording to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal
According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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