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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

either...or

1font00I am going to study English in either the U.S. or England.02font02br
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01font00I am going to study English either in the U.S. or (in the) England.02font02br
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00May I ask which sentence is a good expression. Please advise.02br
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0 Hi Lcchang02br 02br 00The first sentence is correct. 01i 00The02i 00 isn't usually used with the names of countries:02br 02br 01i 00Norway02br 00England02br 00Egypt02i 02br 02br 00There are exceptions. 01i 00The02i 00 is used with 01font 00plural02font 00 names:02br 02br 01i 00the United State01font 00s02font 02br 00the Philippine01font 00s02font 02br 02br 00The02i 00 is also used if there is a 01font 00common noun02font 00 in the name of the country:02br 02br 01i 00the Soviet 01font 00Union02font 02br 00the United 01font 00Kingdom02font 02i 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-

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  • 0 Hi Lcchang02br 02br 00The first sentence is correct.
  • 01i 00The02i 00 isn't usually used with the names of countries:02br 02br 01i 00Norway02br 00England02br 00Egypt02i 02br 02br 00There are exceptions.
  • 01i 00The02i 00 is used with 01font 00plural02font 00 names:02br 02br 01i 00the United State01font 00s02font 02br 00the Philippine01font 00s02font 02br 02br 00The02i 00 is also used if there is a 01font 00common noun02font 00 in the name of the country:02br 02br 01i 00the Soviet 01font 00Union02font 02br 00the United 01font 00Kingdom02font 02i 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-
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0 Hi Lcchang02br
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00The first sentence is correct. 01i00The02i00 isn't usually used with the names of countries:02br
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01i00Norway02br
00England02br
00Egypt02i02br
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00There are exceptions. 01i00The02i00 is used with 01font
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0Ok. I see. Here I'd like to focus more on the "either...or" issue. Can I say this:02br
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01font00I am going to study English either in the U.S. or England.02font02br
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00Please advise.02br
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0 still the first sentence. It sounds more correct.0-
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0Well... here's my opinion.02br
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00In careful writing, everything after 01i00either02i00 should "balance" on both sids of 01i00or02i00.02br
00I am going to study English 01u00either02u00 (in the U.S.) 01u00or02u00 (in England).02br
00I am going to study Engl
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