neither

Universal Words determiner, pronoun, adverb determiner, pronoun not one nor the other of two things or people: Neither answer is correct. * Neither of them has / have a car. * They produced two reports, neither of which contained any useful suggestions. * 'Which do you like?' 'Neither. I think they're both ugly.' adverb 1 used to show that a negative statement is also true of sb/sth else: He didn't remember and neither did I. * I hadn't been to New York before and neither had Jane. * 'I can't understand a word of it.' 'Neither can I.' * (informal) 'I don't know.' 'Me neither.' 2 (neither...nor...) used to show that a negative statement is true of two things: I neither knew nor cared what had happened to him. * Their house is neither big nor small. * Neither the TV nor the video actually work / works. ______________________________ GRAMMARPOINT neither / either After neither and either you use a singular verb: Neither candidate was selected for the job. Neither of and either of are followed by a plural noun or pronoun and a singular or plural verb. A plural verb is more informal: Neither of my parents speaks/speak a foreign language. When neither... nor... or either... or... are used with two singular nouns, the verb can be singular or plural. A plural verb is more informal. ______________________________