This document discusses the use of conjunctions to combine subjects and verbs in sentences. It explains that with "Both...and", the verb is always plural. With "Either...or" and "Neither...nor", the verb agrees with the subject closest to it. Some examples are provided to illustrate these conjunction rules.

1. BOTH….AND
When they combıne the subjects of two sentences, the
verb ıs always plural wıth Both…. And
 Example: My father is very interested in football, and
so is my brother.
- Both my father and my brother are very interested in
football.
 The fruit at the local market is cheap.
 The fruit at the local market is fresh.
- The fruit at the local market is both cheap and fresh.

2. Either / or: is used in a sentence
when referring to a choice between
two possibilities.
Neither / nor: is used in a sentence
in a negative context when you
want to say that two or more things
are untrue

3. EITHER…OR/
NEITHER…NOR
Wıth Eıther …….or and
Neıther….nor , the verb
depends on the subject
closer to the verb.

4. EITHER….OR
 Either the teachers or the principal is responsible for
this.
 Either the principal or the teachers are responsible for
this.

5. NEITHER….NOR
 Neither Jill nor her parents are coming to the party.
 Neither her parents nor Jill is coming to the party.

6. EXAMPLE EITHER….OR
 You can pay in cash, or you can pay by cheque.
- You can pay either in cash or by cheque.
 To get our house, you can take the bus , you can take the
train.
- To get our house, you can take either the bus or the train.

7. EXAMPLE NEITHER…NOR
 She isn’t tall. She isn’t short.
- She is neither tall nor short.
 Vicky doesn’t look like her mother. She doesn’t look like
her father.
- Vicky looks like neither her mother nor father.