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jays
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 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: Both and Neither |
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Do the two sentences mean the same?
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A: Both of them don't know much about it.
B: Neither of them know much about it. |
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Both and Neither |
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Do the two sentences mean the same?
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A: Both of them don't know much about it.
B: Neither of them know much about it. |
They mean the same, but I would change the verb in Sentence B to knows (the indefinite pronoun neither usually takes a singular verb).
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myprofe
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Both and Neither |
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| jays wrote: |
A: Both of them don't know much about it.
B: Neither of them know much about it. |
Yes, they have the same meaning but the first one is not correct and in the second one the verb has to be in the 3rd person singular, "knows".
The two of them know. Both of them know.
The two of them don't know. Neither of them knows.
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