Correlative conjunctions always appear in pairs. They are used to link the equivalent sentence elements.  

1. Not only ... but also ...

Presents two related pieces of information: Menampilkan dua informasi yang berhubungan.

Sentence : She is not onlybeautifulbut also smart.

2. Both ... and ...

Presents two related pieces of information: Menampilkan dua informasi yang berhubungan.

Sentence : Both My family and I will go vacation next week.

3. Either ... or ...

To indicate that there are only two options or that both of two options are acceptable or equivalent : Mengindikasikan bahwa hanya ada dua pilihan atau kedua pilihan tersebut diterima/sejajar.

Sentence: They like playing eitherbadmintonor football.

4. Neither ... nor ...

To talk about two or more things that are not true or that do not happen : Membicarakan tentang dua hal atau lebih yang tidak benar atau tidak terjadi.

Sentence: Her car is neither green nor brown.

Pembahasan

1. You use Either .. or .. to connect similar structures, such as two verb phrases, two adjectives, two noun objects, etc.

Examples:

I will see you either at home or in the coffee shop

You can eithertake a busor drive  a motorcycle.

When a sentence has singular subjects and plural objects, verb follows the subject closest to the verb.

Examples:

Either my family and I am going vacation next week

Either my father or my mother is coming to visit me.

2. You use Neither.. nor .. to connect similar structures.

Examples:

Neither he nor she is coming to my party.

You are neitherfatnor short.

When a sentence has singular subjects and plural objects, verb follows the subject closest to the verb.

Examples:

Neither my sister nor her friends are speaking Japanese.

3. You use Not only.. but also .. to connect similar structures.

Examples:

He is not onlygood lookingbut also friendly.

She not onlycooked dishesbut also cleaned the house.

When not only .. but also wants to connect two complete sentences,

Not only did she cook the dishes, butshealso cleaned the house.

Not only is he good looking, buthe isalso friendly.

4. You use Both.. and .. to connect similar structures.

He play both soccer and tennis

He can bothspeak Japaneseand Irish

When a sentence has singular subjects and plural objects, use plural verbs.

Examples:

Bothmy sisterand my brother are very kind

Bothher familyand she are attending the seminar.

Pelajari lebih lanjut

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Detil jawaban

Kelas: 10

Mapel: Bahasa Inggris

Bab: Correlative conjunctions

Kode: 10.5.3

Kata Kunci: Correlative conjunction definition, Usage of Correlative conjunction, Both .. and .. Neither .. nor ..