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April 24, 2010

Penggunaan Either or dan Neither Nor


Either or mempunyai arti positif.

Neither nor mempunyai arti negaif.

Contoh penggunaannya dalam kalimat:

Either or

1. Jake either has a dog or a cat.

2. Either Jane or Jill wants to visit England.

Neither nor

1. Neither Bob nor Jake went to the party last night (Bob isn’t going to the party. Jake isn’t going to the party)

2. I could neither play guitar nor piano. ( I Couldn’t play guitar and piano).


Jika kata yang mengikuti ‘neither’ atau ‘either’ adalah tunggal maka ‘verb’ harus tunggal:

* Neither Bob nor Jake is having a party. (kt kerja tunggal)

Jika salah satu kata yang mengikuti ‘neither’ atau ‘either’  jamak, maka ‘verb’ harus jamak:

* Either Jake and his friends are playing football. (kt kerja jamak)

April 16, 2010

Penggunaan a little dan a few


A little dan a few sama artinya dengan some, perbedaan antara a little dan a few adalah:

1.  A little digunakan untuk uncountable.

I need a little money to buy a drink.

She has a little rice for dinner.

2. A few digunakan untuk countable.

There are a few bikes in the park.

I have a few apples for supper.

a few cats

a few cats

a few apples

a few apples

a little sugar

a little sugar

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