University of Duhok

Collage of Languages
English Department

All of, None of and Most of

Both, Either and Neither

Prepared by
Kaveen Shaban Supervised by :
Ms.Alla
Rozhbeen Ayoub
Kareen Safwan
All , some , any , most , much , many , a ( little) , a
( few ) ,no

• One of these words +noun

( some books ) ( few books )

• E.x
1-All cars have wheels
2- some cars can go faster than others
3- I feel really tired . I’ve got no energy
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We can’t say ( all of cars ) or ( some of people ) . But we can say :
• One of these words+ the my
this these + n
that those
• E.x
1 -some of the people I worked with
2- some of those people . But not ( some of people )
3 -most of my time , most of the time . But not ( most of time )
 Note : we don’t use ( of) after We can use ( words in the chart ) +it ,
all or half . us , you , them
• All of us
1 -All my friends live near
here or All of my friends • Some of + it
• Any of you
2 -Half this money is mine or • Ect. Them
half of this money

3 All ( of) these flowers are E.x

beautiful or all flowers are 1-Do you like this music ?
beautiful
2-some of it . Not all of it
 Note : we need to use ( of ) before these
pronouns :
E.x: All of us were late . Not all us

We also use some/ most ect. With out a noun:

1- some cars have four doors and some have

two
2-A few of the ships were open , but most (of
them ) were closed .
Neither/neither of ,Both/both of and
Either/either
Both , either and neither are binary connectors or determiners they
are used to associate or to link two things .

• Both= A and B (the two things or people)

• Either= A or B (one thing/person or the other thing/person)

• Neither= not A and B (zero out of two things or people)

Both / either / neither + noun
We can use both/either/neither + noun

• I like both cars.

• You can park on either side of the street.
• Neither parent was at the meeting.

Note that we use both + plural noun and either/neither + singular

noun.
Both / either / neither (without a noun)
We can use both/either/neither alone, without a noun.

• A: Do you speak French or Spanish?

B: I speak both.
• A: Do you want tea or coffee?
B: Either. I don’t mind.
• A: Which car do you prefer?
B: Neither. I think both of them are horrible.
 Both (of) + determiner + plural noun
You can use Both or Both of before a determiner (my, his, these, the etc.) and a plural
noun.

• Both (of) my friends arrived late to class.

• Both of the wheels wobble too much.
• A prize was given to both of the players.

Note: When we use Both (without of), we drop the article the.

Note that we don’t need of after both.(so we can say ) :

• Both of your parents are really nice. Or Both your parents are really nice.
Both of + Object Pronoun

When using Both with a plural object pronoun (us,

them), we need the preposition OF before that
pronoun.

• He has invited both of us. (Not both us )

• I’ll take both of them
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 We can say :

We can say both … and …/ either … or … / neither … nor … to

mention the two things or people that we are talking about.

Both … and ….
• She ate both the rice and the meat.

Neither …. nor ….
• He neither called nor texted.

Either …. or ….
• You can either wait here or go home.
Compare

Either/neither/both (for two things):

• There are two good hotels here. You could stay at either of them.
• We tried two hotels. Neither of them had a room. Both of them
were full.
Any/none/all (for more than two ) :
• There are many good hotels here. You could stay at any of them.
• We tried a lot of hotels.None of them had a room. All of them were
full.
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References
• https://test-english.com/explanation/b1/both-either-neither/?fbclid=I
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• https://www.grammar.cl/english/both-either-neither.htm?fbclid=IwA
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