• huginn@feddit.it
    122·
    30 days ago

    Problem is: “Are either of us going” sounds right too.

    Either is not always singular - Either the Red Sox or the Yankees are going to win tonight, not Either the Red Sox or the Yankees is going to win.

    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      30 days ago

      Fair, didn’t think of that. If x or y in “either x or y” is plural, the whole phrase is plural. Either the Red Sox or the Yankees are going to win, either their team or ours is going to win.

      Thanks for pointing it out!