Determiners Pronouns - Both / Either / Neither / Most / All / None / Whole

1.1 Both / Either / Neither

For two people or things
Determiner

Both (of)

Either
Either of
Either ... or ...

Use

Examples
- Both my brothers are engineers.

- I has a positive meaning.

- They both live in England.

- Goes with a plural verb.

- Both of them saw the film.

- Paris or London? Either city is beatiful.

- Either means "any one of the two".

- Either of these cities is/are beatiful.

- Either of goes with a singular or plural verb. - Either pasta or pizza.

- I either go to the gym or to the club.

Neither

- Neither means "not one and not the other".

Neither of

- Neither of goes with a singular (formal)

Neither ... nor ... or plural verb (informal).

- Neither book was interesting.

- Neither of my parents works / work at weekends.
- I neither like math nor physics.
- Neither Argentina nor Chile.

1.2 Most / All / None / Whole

For more than two people or things
Determiner
Most
Most of
All
All of

Use
- They have a positive meaning and go with a
plural verb.
- All + that-clause + singular verb = the only
thing ...
- None has a negative meaning. It is not followed
by a noun.

None
None of

Whole (=complete)

Examples
- Most young people like pop music.
- Most of my friends live in Argentina.
- All of them enjoy picnics.
- All (that) he does is criticise me.

- Any question? No, none.

- None of the students speaks/speak

- None of is used before noun or object pronouns German.
with
- None of them wants / want to leave.
a singular or plural verb.
- Goes beteween a determiner and a singular
countable noun.

- She spend the whole evening watching

TV.

PRONOUNS
BOTH / NEITHER - ALL / NONE - EITHER
- Both refers to two people, things or groups. It has a positive meaning and is
followed by a plural verb.
e.g. Both men work at the bank.
Both of them cost a lot of money.
- Neither refers to two people, things or groups and has a negative
meaning. Neither of + plural noun phrase can be followed by either a singular or
plural verb in the affirmative.
e.g. Neither of the films has/ have won an award.
Neither of them is / are working at the moment.
BUT: Neither dress is long enough.
- All refers to more than two people, things or groups. It has a positive meaning
and is followed by a plural verb.
e.g. All the actors were brilliant.
All of them are well - qualified.
- Both / All can go :
a) after the verb to be
b) after the auxiliary verb, but before the main verb.
e.g. They are both / all excited. They have both / all signed the concert.
- Whole is used with singular countable nouns. We use a / the / this /
my etc + whole + noun.
e.g. He was hungry, so he ate the whole pie.
Also: He was hungry, so he ate the pie.
We don't use whole with uncountable nouns.
e.g. She spent all the money you gave her.
All + day / morning/ week / year = the whole + day / morning / week / year
e.g. He's been making phone calls all morning / the whole morning.
- None of refers to more than two people, things or groups and has a negative
meaning. It is used with nouns or object pronouns and is followed by either a
singular or plural verb.
e.g. None of my friends has / have travelled abroad.
BUT: 'How many books did you buy?' 'None'

- Either refers to two people, things or groups and is followed by a singular

countable noun.
e.g.You can paint the walls blue or green.
Either colour is fine with me.
Either of + plural noun phrase can be followed by either a singular or plural verb.
e.g. Either of these two dresses suits / suit you.
BUT: Either dress suits you.
We can use not .. either (of) instead of neither (of). Either can also be used at the end of
a negative sentence.
e.g. I saw two plays, but I didn't like either of them.
My sister can't drive, and I can't either.
- Both .. and is followed by a plural verb.
e.g. Both Mark and Sam work here.
Neither ... nor / Either ... or take either a singular or plural verb, dpending on the subject
which follows nor or or.
e.g. Either Mum or Dad is going to pick me up

Both, Neither & All, None

Both - Neither and All - None are pairs of indefinite pronouns. The following will describe how
they are used.
Both - Neither
Both and neither are used when there are two items (things) being compared.

Both is plural. That means that the verb that follows it must be conjugated for third person
plural (they).
Example: Both of the girls are pretty.
Are is the third person plural form of to be.

Neither is singular. That means that the verb that follows it must be conjugated for the first
person singular (he, she, it).
Example: Neither of the girls is ugly.

Is is the third person singular form of to be.

Both and neither are often used as a pair. The above example sentences can be combined.

Both of the girls are pretty. Neither of them is ugly.

All-None
All and none are used when there are more than two items (things) being compared.
All is plural. That means that the verb that follows it must be conjugated for third person plural
(they).
Example: All of the girls are pretty. Are is the third person plural form of to be.
None is plural. That means that the verb that follows it must be conjugated for the third person
plural (they).
Example: None of the girls are ugly.

Are is the third person plural form of to be.

All and none are often used as a pair. The above example sentences can be combined.
All of the girls are pretty. None of them are ugly.