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Quantifiers - each, every, all, either, neither, both, no - English lesson

Each talks about one by one.
Example: Each student has a book. (We imagine the students separately, one at a time.)

Every talks about the group, but still means all the individual people or things.
Example: Every student is in class. (All of them, but we say it as one group.)

We can say: Each of the students is here.
But  not: Every of the students... (That's incorrect.)

➡️ All
All means the whole group, together.

Example:
All the students are here. (Everyone is present.)
All of my friends like music. (Every one of them likes it.)

We use all when we think of everything or everyone as a group.

➡️ Both
Both means "the two".

We only use it when we are talking about 2 people or things.

Example:
Both girls are dancing. (The two girls.)
I like both options. (I like option A and option B.)

➡️ Either
Either means "one or the other" (but not both).
We use it when we have two choices, and only one is possible.

Example:
You can take either seat. (Choose one of the two.)
Either option is fine. (I'm happy with one or the other.)

➡️ Neither
Neither is the opposite of either.
It means not one and not the other → zero out of two.

Example:
Neither answer is correct. (Both are wrong.)
Neither of them came to the party. (0 out of 2 people came.)

➡️ No
No means none / zero / not any.
It's used when something doesn't exist or there is nothing.

Example:
There is no milk. (Zero milk.)
No students were late. (Every student was on time.)

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2. Two of the books were recommended, but I didn't like bothneithereitherI don't know of them.

3. There were two books about animals. I liked them botheitherallI don't know.

4. There were pretty illustrations in everyalleachI don't know book.

5. Not everyeachallI don't know page had an illustration.

6. There were five illustrations of cats. As you probably know, alleveryeachI don't know cat likes to sleep.

7. EveryEachAllI don't know cat shown had a different colour.

8. There was also a picture of two dogs. EitherBothNeitherI don't know dog was asleep.

9. Most people prefer eitherbothallI don't know dogs or cats, but my favorite animal is the ferret.

10. Sadly, there were noneithereitherI don't know pictures of them.