Neither

Definition

neither /'naÇðǝ(r), 'ni:ðǝ(r)/ indef det, indef pron (က) (det) (ႏွစ္ဦး၊ ႏွစ္ခုအနက္) တစ္ဦး၊ တစ္ခုမွ် (သို႔) ဘယ္သူ၊ ဘယ္ဟာမွ် (မဟုတ္၊ မႀကိဳက္၊ မသိ စသည္) [ေသာ]။ Neither team liked the arrangement. ❍ Neither answer is correct. ❍ Neither Martha nor Jane could comfort me. ❍ Neither one of us could understand German. ❍ (fml) In neither case was a decision reached. (ခ) (pron) ဘယ္သူ (ကို၊ က) မွ်။ ဘယ္ဟာ (ကို၊ က) မွ်။ I chose neither of them. ❍ They produced two reports, neither of which contained any concrete suggestions. ❍ ‘Which is your car?’ ‘ Neither, mine's being repaired. ’ Adv ၁။ … လည္းမ(ႀကိဳက္)၊ … လည္းမ(ဟုတ္) စသည္။ He doesn't like Beethoven and neither do I. ❍ I haven't been to New York before and neither has my sister. ❍ ‘Did you see it?’ ‘No’ ‘Neither did I. ’ ၂။ neither …nor … လည္းမ(…)… လည္းမ(…)။ I neither know nor care what happened to him. ❍ The hotel is neither spacious nor comfortable.

Examples

1. Adams was not invited
2. and neither were any of his friends.
3. [neither do/can/has etc someone] : ‘I don’t like him.’ ‘Neither do I.’
4. ‘Sue can’t swim.’ ‘Neither can Perry.’
5. [me neither] : ‘I don’t feel like going to the party.’ ‘Me neither.’
6. Neither side trusts the other.
7. Neither company could succeed on its own.
8. ‘Would you like pork or roast beef?’ ‘Neither.’
9. [neither of] : It was an experience that neither of us will ever forget.
10. The event was organized by two people
11. neither of whom is a professional.
12. He made us no promises. Neither did we expect him to.