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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

usage of "both"

Hi,
I am not a native speaker of english. My question is whether i can use both at the end of any sentence, like, " i like icecream and fish both" . Is it wrong to put this like that?
  

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Anonymous Hi,I am not a native speaker of english. My question is whether i can use both at the end of any sentence, like, " i like icecream and fish both" . Is it wrong to put this like that?

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  • Anonymous Hi,I am not a native speaker of english.
  • My question is whether i can use both at the end of any sentence, like, " i like icecream and fish both" .
  • Is it wrong to put this like that?
  • Some use it quite regularly.
  • I don't.
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Anonymous Hi,I am not a native speaker of english. My question is whether i can use both at the end of any sentence, like, " i like icecream and fish both" . Is it wrong to put this like that?
Some use it quite regularly. I don't. [ An example of where I would use it. Person 1: "I don't like either ice cream or fish." Person 2: "I like them both." (or "
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Here in the UK I scarcely hear this "X and Y both" pattern at all, except in certain special cases such as "you and me both" (colloquial). Normally it would be "both X and Y".
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