Subtitles section Play video
-
Welcome to BBC Learning English.
-
I'm Sam and today we are going to look at both, either and neither together.
-
In all three cases, we are talking about two things.
-
In this case, let's talk about tea and coffee.
-
We use both to talk about two out of two things.
-
For example, both tea and coffee contain caffeine.
-
We use neither to talk about zero out of two things.
-
Neither tea nor coffee contains alcohol, and we use either to talk about one out of two things.
-
For example, in the morning I drink either tea or coffee.
-
Not both.
-
Just one.
-
Which do you drink in the morning, either coffee or tea or both, or neither.