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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'suspect' use of EITHER?
Hi,
Below is an excerpt from a Cisco technical note:
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If you did not receive an email invitation to a meeting that requires registration, you can register for the meeting on either: (1) The meeting calendar on your Meeting Center Web site
(2) The host's Personal Meeting Room page on your Meeting Center Web site, if the host gave you the URL, or Web address, for the page
(3) Registering from an email message
(4) Registering from the meeting calendar
(5) Registering from the host’s personal page, etc.
<-UNQUOTE
I wonder if 'either' is used correctly here (=introducing a list of more than two options)
Thank you!
mus-te
Below is an excerpt from a Cisco technical note:
QUOTE->
If you did not receive an email invitation to a meeting that requires registration, you can register for the meeting on either: (1) The meeting calendar on your Meeting Center Web site
(2) The host's Personal Meeting Room page on your Meeting Center Web site, if the host gave you the URL, or Web address, for the page
(3) Registering from an email message
(4) Registering from the meeting calendar
(5) Registering from the host’s personal page, etc.
<-UNQUOTE
I wonder if 'either' is used correctly here (=introducing a list of more than two options)
Thank you!
mus-te
Top answer
MUSCOVITE I wonder if 'either' is used correctly here (=introducing a list of more than two options) Yes, it is, but the colon that follows is bad style, if not incorrect.
- MUSCOVITE I wonder if 'either' is used correctly here (=introducing a list of more than two options) Yes, it is, but the colon that follows is bad style, if not incorrect.
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MUSCOVITEI wonder if 'either' is used correctly here (=introducing a list of more than two options)Yes, it is, but the colon that follows is bad style, if not incorrect.
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Thank you, Aspara Gus!
To be honest, this usage of 'either' still looks very unusual to me....
None of the English dictionaries I have at my disposal says anything about such usage......
If you could give me some additional information on this?.... Perhaps, point to a dictionary/grammar book (or whatever) where such usage is "elaborated" on?
Thanks again!
m
To be honest, this usage of 'either' still looks very unusual to me....
None of the English dictionaries I have at my disposal says anything about such usage......
If you could give me some additional information on this?.... Perhaps, point to a dictionary/grammar book (or whatever) where such usage is "elaborated" on?
Thanks again!
m
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Dictionary.com:
Usage note
As a pronoun, either sometimes occurs in reference to more than two (either of the three children),
Usage note
As a pronoun, either sometimes occurs in reference to more than two (either of the three children),
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