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  • 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.

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