both and either are sometimes the same?
Do both of the sentences below mean the same?
Either of two roads leads to a parking lot.
Both of two roads lead to a parking lot.
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Both are incorrect. Notice the difference in sentence grammar:
Either road will lead to a parking lot. = If you take this road OR that toad, it will lead to a parking lot.
Both roads lead to a parking lot. (No "will"!!)
This is a statement of fact about the roads. There is no "if" meaning implied here.
either = this on OR that one
both = this one AND that one
...Hence the difference in sentence grammar.
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Sorry, both are wrong.
Either road leads to a parking lot. (or, "Either of them leads to a parking lot") - notice it's a singular form. You're looking at two separate options.
Both roads lead to a parking lot. - plural form. You are looking at them collectively.
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i can not underestand very good u speak
but if i have 2 road i choice bettere rode BUT IF 2 ROAD IS GOOD I CHICE 2 RODE
i go to 1 road and sea all parking and all car whene finish go back and choice othere road and sea like thise latere i think and choice thise parking have more old car beacuse my car is old and he like old fereind (: whene i back my car is very happy
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hi my engelish is BAD(:
i am new in italki i dont now how i can use
ok i have 1 ask u give me massege?
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Peachey's comment is well taken. At the same time, I think I understand Tommy's point of view.
"How do I reach the parking lot? There are two roads. Which should I take?"
"It doesn't matter. Choose either, because both of the roads lead to the parking lot."
So Tommy has two statements, one using either and one using both, each with the same practical meaning.
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