Anonymous  +  429909 Thu, 11 Oct 07 11:10 PM 'I have been very confused why either of Journey's two biggest songs haven't been in GH' Should 'haven't' not be 'has not' and 'either' should be 'neither'? Thanks Anonymous

	Doll  +  429913 Thu, 11 Oct 07 11:32 PM My comment:  It is late here and I won't force my brain to understand this sentence but to make a brief explanation I can say that if you compare two things you should say either, and if there are two things you shoud use have. Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,811

	Goodman  +  429923 Fri, 12 Oct 07 12:20 AM  Anonymous wrote: Interesting... When used as a pronoun, either is normally singular and takes a singular verb: The two surgeons disagree with each other more than either does (not do) with the pathologist. But when either is followed by of and a plural noun, it is often used with a plural verb: Either of the parties have enough support to form a government. As frequent as this usage may be, it is widely regarded as incorrect. Ninety-two percent of the Usage Panel rejected it in an earlier survey. I agree with you. I thought it should be singular when I first looked at it. This is why English is so crazy! Context is sometime the determining factor as to how similar contents in separate sentence would have different verb/word agreements. These are the examples: Optimizing Programs over the Constructive Reals Abstract Introduction Then, when either x or y have too little accuracy. to be output as specified, we recalculate them both. at the next higher precision. We trade off spending ... Political Debate - messages #201419 .18 I do not think either you or I have sufficient information on which to judge what Blackwater did or did not do and whether or not their actions were correct ... _________________________________________________________________________ Oh the flip side: TheSabre.com - "The Corner" - General Discussion Message Board Message Subject: Either one has no business occuring in a residential neighborhood. **. Posted by: DoubleDown2 on Thu Oct 11 2007 2:19:06 PM. Message: ... www.thesabre.com/message_board/general/2007/October/11/570461.php - 3 hours ago - Similar pages Captain's Quarters Either one has to believe that Supreme Court justices have to be vetted for ideology or that the process should be non-political. ... I think in the context of Journey's two songs, "either" was used in the context, not neither because of the "two songs" which resulted in (plural verb in negative)"haven't". When more than one subject is specified in the "either" context, plural form of the verb is required. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all! Verbs, Singular Verbs, Plurals, Nouns, Pronouns, Negatives

	Yankee  +  429930 Fri, 12 Oct 07 12:58 AM  Anonymous wrote: 'I have been very confused why either of Journey's two biggest songs haven't been in GH' Should 'haven't' not be 'has not' and 'either' should be 'neither'?  Neither ... has Thanks I'd rewrite the sentence this way: "I have been very confused why neither (one) of Journey's two biggest songs has been in GH." Most grammarians will state that the singular verb is correct and required. The word neither is singular.  However, people sometimes use the plural instead when they say "neither of the" + "plural noun" (i.e. "neither of the two songs have").  I agree that the wording in the original sentence ("either of the" paired with a negated verb) sounds odd. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,497 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Verbs, Singular Verbs, Plurals, Nouns