Tham khảo tài liệu 'wrong in english 9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | EITHER. OR 18 exceptions caffeine forfeit seize codeine heifer sheikh counterfeit height sovereign either leisure surfeit Fahrenheit neither weir foreign protein weird Proper names . of people or countries don t follow the rule Deirdre Keith Neil Sheila Madeira etc. eighth notice -hth See EI IE SPELLING RULE. either not -ie- An exception to the EI IE SPELLING RULE. either. .or i Take care with singular and plural verbs. Use these exemplar sentences as a guide Either Jack or Tom was there singular verb to match Jack singular or Tom singular Either Jack or his brothers were there plural verb to match brothers plural which is closer to it than Jack singular Either his brothers or Jack was there singular verb this time because Jack singular is closer to the verb than brothers ii Be careful to place each part of the either. or construction correctly. X I have decided either that I have to build an extension or I have to move. I have decided that either I have to build an extension or I have to move. 79 ELF In the example above there are these two possibilities I have to build an extension. I have to move. Either precedes the first one and or precedes the second. The second one could be shortened I have decided that either I have to build an extension or I have to move. I have decided that either I have to build an extension or move. It is important that the two constructions following either and or should be parallel ones either meat or fish either green or red either to love or to hate either with malice or with kindness. If the second construction is shortened to avoid repetition this is fine. The missing words are obvious and can be supplied readily. elf singular elves plural See PLURALS v . eligible or legible ELIGIBLE suitably qualified LEGIBLE able to be read eloquent elude See ALLUDE OR ELUDE . embargo singular embargoes plural See PLURALS iv . 80 END STOPS embarrass embarrassed embarrassing not -r- embarrassment emend See AMEND OR EMEND . emergency singular .
