either vs neither
Definitions
adverb
- after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
Examples
It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
The brightly colored outfits may be made of either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lamé.
It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
Definitions
adjective
- not either; not one or the other
Examples
It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will.
