Hey my stupid english teavher who is french marked me wrong for this exam im english and I know its right but I need proof and yr advice thanks!!
Is it:Neither of them likes/like Italian food.
2)Neither of them for their last holidays have/has been to Europe
Thanks everyone these are just exemples so yeah the proof with a site will be good thanks!!
2006-10-24 07:26:44 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Like and Have.
2006-10-24 07:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
To be grammatically correct they are:
1) Neither of them likes (or liked) Italian food
2) Neither of them, for their last holidays, HAD been to Europe.
You didn't say why you are being taught English by a French teacher who it appears is not really any good!
2006-10-24 07:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by psychoticgenius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of them for their last holiday has been to Europe
Neither of them likes Italian food.
that's the right way to do it
these are not the best grammatically anyway but this is the correct way
how can a french person teach English?????? that's soooooooo wrong
2006-10-24 07:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by Leeder16v 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would say likes Italian food and has been to Europe. In the context of your sentences, neither is seen as a singular word.
2006-10-24 07:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by Caleb's Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Neither of them like Italian food
2. Neither of them for their last holiday have been to Europe
2006-10-24 07:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by celizabeth 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither of them likes Italian food. Neither is a singular word.
Neither of them for his latest holiday went to Europe. "Has been" sounds odd. Again, neither is a singular word.
For future reference: none is also a singular word and takes a singular verb.
2006-10-27 23:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of them like Italian food.
Neither of them for their last holidays have been to Europe.
2006-10-25 03:56:55 · answer #7 · answered by paarkavi jegatheeswaran 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of them LIKES italian food, because you are talking about a singular person neither takes singular, even though in spoken english, you would say "like" making it plural.
try this: the correct way to say neither kylie nor james lives up to expectations--if you were to break it up, kylie lives up to expectations, james lives up to expectations. This neither word is confusing , because what is correct is not what is considered correct in spoken english--do not rely on your ear!
for 2, it would be singular too (has)
2006-10-24 07:53:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers are :
Neither of them like Italian food.
2. Neither of them for theire last holidays have been to Europe.
Good luck in getting your exam paper recorrected.
Oh la la!! Bon chance mon/ma ami(e).
2006-10-24 07:37:18 · answer #9 · answered by gunnerboycelt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word 'neither' assumes you are talking about only one of two people, so its the singular likes and has. I wish I could remember the name of the text, but I'm sure your teacher has it somewhere in herstacks of reference books. if it helps, its a small burgundy book with about 200 pages. I pulled it off my uni teacher's desk and got ten marks back a few years ago because the colon was still used in it even though he said it was obsolete.
2006-10-24 07:34:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
The pronouns neither and either are singular and require singular verbs even though they seem to be referring, in a sense, to two things.
Neither of the two traffic lights is working.
Which shirt do you want for Christmas?
Either is fine with me.
In informal writing, neither and either sometimes take a plural verb when these pronouns are followed by a prepositional phrase beginning with of. This is particularly true of interrogative constructions: "Have either of you two clowns read the assignment?" "Are either of you taking this seriously?" Burchfield calls this "a clash between notional and actual agreement."*
2006-10-24 07:33:50 · answer #11 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋