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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Either or the either?
I'm one of those people who has a problem with "the", even though I have looked into its rules many times in the past. I still can't get my head properly around it, and at times, I'm still not sure when I supposed to use it.
In the sentence below, I'm wondering whether there should be "the" before "either".
The effectiveness of the combination of treatment A and treatment B will be greater than either one alone.
I have a feeling that it needs to be used because it is talking about something specific, the two treatments. Then I think it doesn't need to be used because it's not specificly talking about which treatment (could be one or the other).
In the sentence below, I'm wondering whether there should be "the" before "either".
The effectiveness of the combination of treatment A and treatment B will be greater than either one alone.
I have a feeling that it needs to be used because it is talking about something specific, the two treatments. Then I think it doesn't need to be used because it's not specificly talking about which treatment (could be one or the other).
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I don't believe the combination "the either" is ever used. Here's an archaic "the" for you, right in the Christmas spirit: from *** Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn, O tidings of comfort and joy, etc. Season's greetings!
- I don't believe the combination "the either" is ever used.
- Here's an archaic "the" for you, right in the Christmas spirit: from *** Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn, O tidings of comfort and joy, etc.
- Season's greetings!
- - A.
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I don't believe the combination "the either" is ever used.
Here's an archaic "the" for you, right in the Christmas spirit:
from *** Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen -
The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn,
O tidings of comfort and joy, etc.
Season's greetings! - A.
Here's an archaic "the" for you, right in the Christmas spirit:
from *** Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen -
The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn,
O tidings of comfort and joy, etc.
Season's greetings! - A.
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You can forget all the rules about the use of 'the' in some cases. There are just some combinations where 'the' is never used. 'the either', 'the neither', and 'the any' are just a few of them that are not used.
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