« Either » & «  Neither »: What’s the difference?

Ajouté : 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Hi everyone, how are you doing today? My name is Lola and I am your English teacher. In today's video lesson, we will learn about either and neither.

[00:00:15]These words are common in English conversations, but many English learners confuse them. So, we will see the meaning of either and the meaning of neither. And we're going to see some common mistakes English learners make.

[00:00:38]Okay? You ready? Let's get started. All right. So, in today's video, as I mentioned, we're going to see either and neither. So you can hear people say either or neither. These two words have different pronunciation. So either or either. Neither or neither. All right.

[00:01:05]So let's talk first about either.

[00:01:11]Either. Either either or either is used to talk about one or the other between two things. Okay.

[00:01:27]Either either. Okay. So, we use it when we talk about two choices.

[00:01:44]We use either when we talk about two choices.

[00:01:56]Okay? For example, you can choose either coffee or tea.

[00:02:04]What does that mean?

[00:02:17]That's good.

[00:02:19]That's good. So, we use either when we want to talk about two choices, one of them, not both of them.

[00:02:30]Not both of them. Okay? Either is used to talk about one or the other. Okay, let's take another example on polo. If we have either answer is correct. Either answer is correct. What does that mean?

[00:02:55]Either can be translated by.

[00:03:00]Okay.

[00:03:06]Okay, I say either answer is correct.

[00:03:13]Okay, when we want to make choices between two things, we use either. All right, so let's talk about the structure.

[00:03:25]structure either or either plus noun plus or plus noun. Okay.

[00:03:38]Either either either or either plus no plus or plus noun. Okay. For example, either John, John is a noun, or Paul will come. What does that mean? Either John or Paul will come.

[00:04:04]Either John or Paul will come.

[00:04:12]Okay.

[00:04:14]John.

[00:04:17]Okay. Either John or Paul will come.

[00:04:24]Okay. Now let's see how to use either in negative sentences. Okay. Either in negative sentences.

[00:04:37]Either negative. Okay.

[00:04:45]Let's see. We also use either or either to agree with negative sentences. We also use either to agree with negative sentences.

[00:05:03]Either to negative either. Let's take a couple of examples.

[00:05:15]Cake example we have I don't like smoking.

[00:05:21]>> I don't I don't like smoking. But >> what does that mean? I don't like smoking. I don't like smoking means.

[00:05:31]Okay.

[00:05:38]I don't like smoking.

[00:05:41]I don't like it either. Okay.

[00:05:51]Okay. I don't like it either.

[00:05:56]Okay.

[00:05:59]Either not negative statements or negative sentences. Okay. Hope you understand.

[00:06:08]Quite simple. I don't like smoking. I don't like it either.

[00:06:15]Okay. For example, I don't like drinking alcohol.

[00:06:24]I don't like drinking alcohol. Okay. And you say, "I don't like it either."

[00:06:36]Okay.

[00:06:40]Negative. So, we use either in negative sentences to agree on. All right, let's take another example.

[00:06:50]She doesn't speak Spanish.

[00:06:55]She doesn't speak Spanish. What does that mean? She doesn't speak Spanish.

[00:07:08]She doesn't speak Spanish. Okay. She doesn't speak Spanish.

[00:07:20]I don't speak Spanish either. Okay.

[00:07:27]I don't speak Spanish either. Or I don't speak Spanish either. It's not I, it's either. tongue between teeth. Okay, we say either. Either good. She doesn't speak Spanish. I don't speak Spanish either.

[00:07:56]I don't like corn. I don't like corn.

[00:08:05]I don't like it either or I don't like it either. Okay, it was all about how to use either in English. Now, let's see how to use neither or neither. Okay, neither. Repeat after me. Neither or neither. Okay, both are good. We use neither or neither when not one and not the other. Okay.

[00:08:40]Okay. None of them. So we use neither for either one of them and neither none of them. You see? Okay.

[00:08:59]One of them we use either or either.

[00:09:04]None of them we use neither or neither.

[00:09:08]Okay.

[00:09:10]Either neither. Okay. We use neither or neither. It's when we want to talk about not one and not the other. For example, neither answer is correct.

[00:09:27]Neither answer is correct. Okay, it means okay neither answer is correct.

[00:09:42]Neither and either we use singular.

[00:09:45]Okay. Neither answer is correct. Neither answer is correct.

[00:09:52]Okay.

[00:09:56]Either answer is correct.

[00:09:59]Okay. You see the difference? Either it's when we want to talk about one of them or neither it's none of them. Okay. Cool.

[00:10:11]Neither student came. Neither student came. What does that mean? Neither student came. It means Neither student came.

[00:10:30]Okay. When we want to talk about none of them, we use neither or neither. Good.

[00:10:37]All right. So, let's see the structure.

[00:10:42]Either either. either plus noun plus or plus noun. But now for neither or neither we have neither or neither plus noun plus nor plus noun.

[00:11:03]Okay, let's take a couple of examples and do example.

[00:11:08]Neither John nor Paul came. Neither John nor Paul came.

[00:11:15]Neither John nor Paul came.

[00:11:25]Okay.

[00:11:29]Neither Paul nor.

[00:11:35]Okay. Another example guys.

[00:11:42]Okay.

[00:11:46]Okay.

[00:11:48]Neither my mother nor my father speaks English. Okay. Neither my mother nor my father speaks English.

[00:12:11]Neither my mother nor my father speaks English.

[00:12:28]Okay. Either neither. Okay. Neither neither. Either either. All right. So if you can see we have neither. Answer is correct. Is singular. Okay. Good. All right. Now let's talk about neither and negative sentences.

[00:12:50]Neither or neither in negative sentences.

[00:12:54]Negative. All right. So we also use neither or neither to agree with negative statements.

[00:13:22]I don't like fish.

[00:13:28]I don't like fish. I don't like fish. I don't like fish.

[00:13:39]Okay.

[00:13:43]Neither do I.

[00:13:47]I don't like fish.

[00:13:51]Neither do I. Neither do I. Okay. I don't speak English. Neither do I. Okay.

[00:14:01]Either I don't like fish.

[00:14:09]I don't like fish either. You seether I don't like fish.

[00:14:25]Neither do I. I don't like it either.

[00:14:35]Aumative. You see the difference guys?

[00:14:38]Quite simple. Okay. But it's sometimes tricky.

[00:14:43]All right. So, I don't like fish.

[00:14:46]Neither do I. Okay. What do you notice?

[00:14:58]Okay. I don't like corn.

[00:15:02]I don't like corn. Neither do I. I don't speak English.

[00:15:09]Neither do I. You see, I don't go to school.

[00:15:15]Neither do I. Get to go to speak.

[00:15:26]Okay. For example, she can't drive. Can defective. Okay.

[00:15:43]She can't drive.

[00:15:48]She can drive. She can't drive. She can't drive. Okay.

[00:15:58]She can't drive. Neither can he.

[00:16:06]Okay.

[00:16:09]She can't drive. Neither can he. She can't speak.

[00:16:17]Neither can he. Okay.

[00:16:27]She can't drive.

[00:16:30]He can't drive either. You see neither the sentence is positive or affirmative affative either negative. Okay? So you see the difference between either and neither.

[00:16:52]So now guys, let's see some common mistakes Asians or English speakers always make.

[00:17:06]Either neither. Okay, now let's see some common mistakes Asians or English learners make while using either and neither.

[00:17:20]either or neither.

[00:17:28]Okay. So, we say common mistakes. Common mistakes.

[00:17:42]Neither John or Paul.

[00:17:51]Neither neither noun plus nor.

[00:17:59]Okay. Neither John nor Paul. Okay. The correct sentence is neither John nor Paul. Okay.

[00:18:21]Neither John nor Paul neither will be neither nor you see. Okay, good.

[00:18:35]I don't like it.

[00:18:43]I don't like it.

[00:18:47]No, that's a big mistake. Never make this mistake again. Okay. I don't like it, too. No. Okay.

[00:18:57]I don't like it either. Okay. I don't like it either.

[00:19:11]I don't like it either. Either negative sentences, neither affirmative sentences. Okay, last sentence. Either one of them are here. Either one of them are here. No, this sentence is not correct because either or neither is used with singular. Okay. The mistake is are either one of them is here. Okay.

[00:19:48]Either one of them is here.

[00:19:54]Okay. Either one of them is here. John, Paul, Mary, you say, "Okay, either one of them is here."

[00:20:03]Okay.

[00:20:08]Either one of them is here. Not either one of them or here. It's a mistake.

[00:20:13]Okay. It's a big mistake to say either one of them are here. Even if you have them, no, it should be singular. Either one of them is here. All right. So, it's practice time.

[00:20:31]Complete the sentences with either or neither.

[00:20:38]Either Neither. Okay, first sentence.

[00:20:43]You can choose tea or coffee. You can choose tea or coffee.

[00:20:54]Either. Good job. Either.

[00:20:59]Okay, next sentence. John Paul came.

[00:21:11]Okay.

[00:21:13]Say neither again. Nor neither.

[00:21:19]Neither Paul or John came.

[00:21:27]Okay.

[00:21:29]Good. I don't speak French. I don't speak French tom.

[00:21:38]I don't speak French.

[00:21:46]I don't speak French either. Good job. Okay.

[00:21:56]Neither do I. Okay. Neither do I. either me either. I don't speak French either.

[00:22:11]I don't speak French. I don't speak French either.

[00:22:16]I don't speak French.

[00:22:19]Neither.

[00:22:20]Neither do I.

[00:22:27]Okay. Positive. Good. Last sentence. She doesn't like fish.

[00:22:35]She doesn't like fish. Do I?

[00:22:39]Either or neither.

[00:22:44]Do you know the answer? Just write it down in the comment section.

[00:22:50]Okay. Thank you guys for watching this video. Until the endther be neither.

[00:23:10]Like Either and neither or either and neither.

[00:23:35]notific.

[00:23:45]Bye-bye for now.