Both/Either/Neither/Most/All/None

Determiners for two people or things

Determiner Use Examples

 It has a positive meaning and Both my brothers are engineers.

goes with a plural verb. They both live in England.
Both (of)
 They state that something is Both of them read the book.
Both ... and true for two people or things.
The verb of the sentence is Both Tim and John like football.
always in the plural form.

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Either  Either means "any one of Paris or London? Either city is
the two". beautiful.

 Either of goes with a Either of these cards is/are fine.

Either of singular or plural verb.

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 Neither means " not one and Neither book was interesting.
Neither not the other‘’.

Neither of  Neither of goes with a Neither of my parents works/ work

singular (formal) or plural
verb (informal). at weekends.

Neither ... nor  They have a negative

meaning and state that Neither Tim nor John like(s)
something is not true for football.
either of the two people or
things. The verb of the
sentence is either in the
singular or plural form.
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For more than two people or things

Determiner Use Examples

Most young people like surfing
Most the Net.
 They have a positive
Most of meaning and go with a Most of my friends live in
plural verb. Athens.
All
All of them enjoy picnics.
All of

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None  None has a negative meaning. It is Any questions? No, none.
not followed by a noun.

None of the students

 None of is used before nouns or speaks/speak German.
None of
object pronouns with a singular or
None of them wants/want
plural verb.
to leave.

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