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Neither of them vs. none of them



 
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Neither of them vs. none of them #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:57 am   Neither of them vs. none of them
 

Hi teachers,

Please look at this sentence.

Both Anna and Mary were too tired to walk any farther, but ..............of them would stop to take a rest.

1/ neither
2/ none


Which one is the correct answer? And why?

Thanks in advance

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Neither vs. none #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:19 am   Neither vs. none
 

Why don't you try to answer yourself first, Jupiter?

A little hint: the sentence refers to two people.
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Neither of them vs. none of them #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:26 am   Neither of them vs. none of them
 

Hi Conchita,

Welcome back to the site. :D I haven't seen your post for weeks. How's everything?

Ok, with your little clue I would choose neither.

Neither of them would stop means both of the didn't stop.
How about none of them? Does it mean no one stopped?

Waiting for your explanation

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Neither of them vs. none of them #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:57 am   Neither of them vs. none of them
 

Hi

I think "neither of", which talks about "two choices of people/things".

None of means choices of more than two people/things?

Could you please tell what you think about my answers?
Thanks in advance.
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Neither of them vs. none of them #5 (permalink) Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:31 am   Neither of them vs. none of them
 

In both cases, no one stopped. Rosalisa has given a good explanation to illustrate the difference:

neither means not either of two things or persons.
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