{"id":72188,"date":"2019-09-16T06:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T06:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72188"},"modified":"2019-09-16T06:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T06:12:03","slug":"both-vs-both-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/both-vs-both-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Both vs. Both Of"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both<\/b> means the one and also the other of two persons\/things etc<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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  • I want both books.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Both shirts <\/b>are good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Both and both of<\/h2>\n

    Before a noun with a determiner (the, this, my, your, those etc.) both <\/b>and both of <\/b>are both possible. In American English, both of<\/b> is common.<\/p>\n

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    • I want both (of) these books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Before a personal pronoun we use both of.<\/b> Note that both of <\/b>is followed by the object form of the pronoun.<\/p>\n

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      • Both of them <\/b>are good.<\/li>\n
      • Both of us <\/b>want to go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Note that both of us\/you\/them<\/b> can be the subject or object of a clause.<\/p>\n

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        • She has invited both of us. <\/b> (object)<\/li>\n
        • Both of us<\/b> have been invited. (subject)<\/li>\n
        • Give my love to both of them. <\/b> (object)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Both<\/b> can be put after pronouns used as objects.<\/p>\n

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          • She has invited us both.<\/b><\/li>\n
          • She has sent you both <\/b>her love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Both and neither<\/h2>\n

            To mean ‘none of the two’, we use neither<\/b>, not both—not.<\/b><\/p>\n

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            • Neither of them <\/b>came. (NOT <\/b>Both of them did not come.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              We often drop the<\/b> or a possessive after both.<\/b><\/p>\n

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              • You can take both shirts. <\/b> (NOT<\/b>—both the shirts.)<\/li>\n
              • He lost both parents <\/b>when he was a child. (NOT <\/b>— both his parents—)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Position of both<\/h2>\n

                When both <\/b>refers to the subject of a clause, it can go with the verb. It is put after auxiliary verbs and before other verbs. When there are two auxiliary verbs, both<\/b> usually goes after the first.<\/p>\n

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                • They are both <\/b>good.<\/li>\n
                • We both want <\/b>to go.<\/li>\n
                • We have both been <\/b>invited.<\/li>\n
                • They have both gone <\/b>home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Note that these meanings can also be expressed by using the structure both (of) + noun\/pronoun. <\/b><\/p>\n

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                  • Both of them are good.<\/li>\n
                  • Both of us want to go.<\/li>\n
                  • Both of us have been invited.<\/li>\n
                  • Both of them have gone home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Both — and —<\/h2>\n

                    The same kind of words or expressions usually follow both <\/b>and and.<\/b><\/p>\n

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                    • She is both beautiful<\/b> and clever.<\/b> (adjectives)<\/li>\n
                    • She both sings<\/b> and dances.<\/b> (verbs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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