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Either , Neither or Both? Help me please! 1. I don't like Italian so I don’t really want to go to ____________________ restaurant. Please, justify your answer. Thank you so much. :)

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Either , Neither or Both?

Help me please!

1. I don't like Italian so I don’t really want to go to an Italian ____________________ restaurant.

Please, justify your answer.   

 

This is the best choice to fit since you have not given enough context.  If you have to choose one of the three words, 


"Neither" and "Both" are fine. "Neither" and "either" means that you were given two restaurants and you have to choose one.  "Both" means that the options given are not acceptable.


"Either" is also OK but strict grammarians will say this is wrong because the sentence is in a negative form.


Thank you so much. :)

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Either , Neither or Both?

Help me please!

1. I don't like Italian so I don’t really want to go to either restaurant.

Please, justify your answer.

Thank you so much. :)

 

You can't use the word "neither" since you've already negated the verb ("don't") -- double negatives are forbidden by formal English grammar. You could theoretically re-word it (althought it would be less typical) as "I really want to go to neither." "Neither" would also be a good option if you didn't want to bother with a complete sentence, eg: "Neither one."

 

If you use "both," the meaning is different -- it means you only want to go to one of the restaurants, not to both (ie, not to two restaurants). You might say, "I'm on a diet so I only want to eat at one restaurant.. I don't want to go to both restaurants." (Note the plural.)

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