English Grammar: Correlative Conjunctions (NEITHER & NOR, EITHER & OR, BOTH & AND…)

thnks for the great class.

Pedro Cardoso

9 out of 9.Thanks.

James

Me too!

Herlen Murieles

Yes .Got 100%.James, i just loved with this quality of you,that you make impossible things possible which excites me to learn more and more. Thank you so much james. You are extraordinary

Annie

thanks a lot Mr. James.
i would like to ask,do know how many lessons left to finish this course in EngVid? because we reached to 1213 lessons until now ?!!

mohamediha

I question me the same. But I think that it will never finish because The exercise to learn never finish, The knowledge is unlimited, is a diary activity.

Herlen Murieles

you are right my friend.

mohamediha

i love your answer

minhhangtdn

hi, I’m Tan from Vietnam and I’m living in Danang city. Nice to meet you on there

Richard Le

I agree with all of you. I really hope they never stop to make new videos. This is my favourite English learning website!

Eduardo França

Hallo James,
this was a very goog lesson for both types of the intermadiate students, pre-intermediate and upper-intermediate too.
Thank you.

adrijana

Got 100% ☺

Annie

Me too!

Herlen Murieles

Im also got 100%

JEREMY123

James, make a video on this, too ” whether or not and rather or not”.

Annie

great class

sdifgv

thank you buddy 9 out of 9 :)

againstallodds

Thanks, again, for your great great lesson!

jees

Thank you mr.James

Samansultan

thank you very much!

caiopablo

excellent thanks

pazfernando

I got 9/9, Thanks James

Sebasalg

Thanks James, this lesson was great..

marcos alexandre

10/10. Thank you, James.Great lesson.

Sonia1234

Thank you, James. Very good.

Ccorrea

You´re both a great and funny teacher, Mr James.
Thanks for your lesson!

knopfler86

Thank you Mr. James! This class was short and very rich!

@dago1994

thank you mr.James .
this lessons was awesome qnd very rich.

haytam moufrad

Great lesson! A smile:)

byte

Thank you very much, teacher….!!!

Jakub Alvarez

Not only I understood how conjunctions work but I also clarified some questions about pronunciation ( Neither and Either) .Both Mr E and prof James are extremely good . I have no doubts . Thanks .

ravba

OMG it’s so usefull lesson – I always had some promblems with this words while I read books, now I’m not))) But I need to watch it agin in a week to remember it better. Thank you.

PokerFire

Both your teaching style and your verbal expression are great. Thank you for your work

PacoBe

how much more I study English, more and more I have myself surprise with the idiom. It’s fantastic! Thanks for your lesson James, that pretty good lesson!

Francisco Carlos

thanks a lot but it`s so difficult for me. i`ll watch more videos on the youtube on this theme.

Grypis

A revision of conjunctions very useful, I have remembered my first doubts with this types of grammatical structures, overall with the two positions and pronunciations of “Either…or” (choice) or “not..either” (negative). A great video class and very useful to follow studying English. Thanks a lot, teacher James, you rock.

angardiobel

Great lesson, thank you, James

Rozenn

Thank you, James!

JJulian

Thanks James, this lesson was great

mohamed sileem

thank you Mr james

haillalla

thanks. I really the way you teach

Scouby96

Thank you James

Suhail yemen

Hi! Sorry, I have a question, probably a stupid one, but this sentence doesn’t sound me correct:
“Not only was it of great quality but it was also cheap”, why is it not “not only it WAS of great..”? I mean why the subject is after the verb?

SaraSCV

It’s the correct sentence. It’s the inversion. This construction is used to emphasize something.
To build such kind of sentence you reverse the subject and the verb; add the the auxiliary verb for tenses.
Watch https://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-inversion/

nataanna

Great 100%

carmin

Hi and thank you for interesting class!

Lubosza

9 out of 9!! Thank you.

mehmetstreak

thank you very much mr.james

marwa samy fathy

thank you Mr.james

Yasumin96

Thanks James, not only a great lesson but also easy to understand, it really useful to me.

nooralam

It was both amazing and exciting lesson. Thanks so much.

isakibrahim8315

Not only an interesting but also a useful lesson. Thanks!

Lazaros

Very helpful resource.

RomanLotockijj

Both pleasure and education are provided with EngVid lessons. Thank you.
The question to admin: why does the video with Gill about queen family disappear? I watched it only once and want to repeat! There wasn’t either rude or disrespectful information in it? Is it due to some kind of censorship?

nataanna

Queen’s family, sorry

nataanna

Either learning English or French is one of the first steps for migrating to Canada.

soozi

One question. James, why sentence wich starts with Not only has different order of words… did it smell etc. Why the did comes first?

robertsroberts

Simple way to describe the lesson.

Abdulateef

Easy to understand, tx a lot James!

Dudurito

Very good lesson,professor James, as usual.
Love your classes.

Sonia1234

Thank you very much

Ricardo Pizarro

Thank you James for your explanation!

Pernky

Thank you!

ganna ievseieva

your profile says that you speak 4 language !! wow, you are genius

yasser Daoud

Mr.James thank you much to make such a perfect lesson on eng. Keep going ?✌??

bakhtiyar ali

9/9 but this lesson was fairly easy, especially thanks to the great teacher you are James :)
Keep going, you’re really helpful ;)

Jejey

Thank you for the lesson) looking forward to the next ones)

spicefanta

Thank you James, I got 8/9

nara@foletto

Thank you James, I got 8/9

nara@foletto

As always, you ARE GREAT!!!
Thank you for your wonderful and helpful lessons.
And your tehnic of the explanations.

AlinaCanadian

10/10 thanks for a great lesson Sir James, more power and God bless always.

JamesReinier

Hi James, just in case I had to come to Canada, are you teaching also in english schools? If yes, could you tell me the name of it? Thanks.

fabri2110

very nice tips

mohammedreza

thanks a lot

mohamed neji

9/9! Thanks Teacher James.
Here i created a sentence based on my personal goal.Either hit the book or forget the dream.

Ye Yint Aung

I got 7 out of 9.I’ll never give up.Thanks so much teacher.

Ruth 7N64

Hey..i think that was a great lesson.

Abedmak

not only do you are funny but also you are excellent teacher .
either you teach us English or we won’t learn .
both my friend and i like you ,James

yasser Daoud

Hello James. On this lesson I got a doubt. For example in this case “not only did he finish, but he also got the highest score in the class”. Instead did he finish, could I say: not only he finished, but also… There is another case: “not only do they live on the same street, but they also work in the same office” why put “do” before they. Would be wrong if I say: not only they live on the same street, but they also work in the same office?

Liscamposrosa

Yeah, I’m joining to the question. Why need to use so complicated contruction?

Aslan The First

Thank you so much i got 9/9 yayyyy

tententenenen

YOU ARE AMAZING TUTOR
THANX

EID55111

Very interest… great teacher…
Thank a lot…

Ardiansyah123

great lesson!

dreamer2018

i can understand the topic.

katabathina harika

hi master I watched your video it was good I have to watch it many time till I understand it good

shokouhi feri

Thank you my teacher

sencebeno

8/9. Thank you so much. The lesson is useful

tuyensenhong

I think you should use “helpful” and the word “useful” is not reasonable! :P
Vietnamese! :D

SherlyYT

9/9 thanks james, you help me a lot!

Belle Azevedo

9/9 thankyou so much :d

hekan00

Great Lesson! Thanks both James and Engvid It’s easy to understand English by watching your videos. 9 out of 9!

coolman75

Thanks!!!

cbonito

9/9 thank you so much

petres

thank you Mr james this lesson it is truly interested add a gread thinks in my head right away i understood .

Loic mayuba

it’s very usefull, thanks

Sila

Well done.
Please do a lesson on conjugated use of had had, have had & has had.

Dawood Faiz

Thank you Mr. James! It is very usefull lesson! I often met this conjunctions in different situations and they always were uncomprehensible for me, but now, with your help, I finally got it!

Aslan The First

8 out of 9. im just not focus on number 4. thank you Mr. James. very usefull lesson

saharsahid

Excellent lesson,very useful.Thanks.

zigmund

Hi! I have a question, Why do you put the auxiliary after “Not only”? Example: Not only DO they live on the same street, but they also work in the same office.
Thank you!!

marz1220

thank YOU so much

kaarim

I love the way you speak!Is that correct?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

aniroc

9 out of 9. It’s quite simple. I enjoyed the lesson.
Thanks, professor James.
Engvid.com is the best site for English learners.
Take care.

Guifalcao

HI james it was a fantastice iesson I really enjoy the smoothe explain

Rajab1234

Hi, not only this lesson is easy to understand, but it also interresting.
thanks James

yass17

Thanks james

Aliout

you are the best teacher ever

Zahraa

Both your explanation about either and neither were excellent!

basiliovillanueva

7/9 not good

Admiralda

James, I follow you every day to reinforcement my English. I made my album with some classes from you to consult anytime, thanks a lot

molinram

by the way 9 of 9

molinram

Very educative.I love this lesson
Would you please make a lesson on gender, gender in English language confused me sometimes.

Will@24

why using a curse I’m just in grade six u know hairy *ss*

macy eugene

Either I use these correlation conjunctions or no I will decide myself.
The main for me, I must understand them when other people use them.

Lana

8/9,should be more carefully, Thanks James,useful content and I learned a lot!!!

lylalu

why 8/9

ahmed khalifa

you’r not only well but olso funny to learn thanks

ahmed khalifa

9/9 you rock !
Not only I finished this quiz but I scored 9/9 points :)

Daro1975

Oh, no! I wanted write exactly the same comment! ))

Libramanto

Great teaching.. My score is 100 after one listening

Rango

Thank you so much, it was brilliant.

Fuanito

James, you are THE best!

deiaarruda

Wow, thanks for this exciting class.

malkon96

Terrific! James

afa7komah

Thank you James!

Terrysam

thanks a lot for these lessons james, i got 9/9 , thanks for being so useful to me.

fabio Antolinez

The way that James teach is very interesting and makes me easier to understand the lesson. Thank you very much James :D

PS : I like Mr. E. LOL

sisca y

“Either A or B” is a frustrating expression to me, because apparently it doesn’t have a logical equivalent: depending on the context, it could be an “inclusive or” (A, B or both) or a “selection/exclusive or” (A or B, but not both). Natural language is not as precise as logic, I guess =*

Pedro

oooh amazing teacher so happy for being member here

Reem 016

NICE TEACHING

Joshuasriram

Thanks for the lesson, James! I’m so glad that i can improve my english grammar with your help. You are doing a great job!

AnnaAustin

i got 9 corect..yeahhhh

sefri imanuel

I got 9! Thanks teacher.

Phatanun

Not only is your lesson interesting but your voice is also really clear.
Many thanks! :D

Hope3c

Thanks a lot! Love your lessons! Everything is clear and easy to understand.
But have 1 question:I have a sentence in a book (Neither Jack nor Brian is strong) I think it’s a mistake (is) it should be (are) or it is possible to use singular as well?
Thanks!

Irina Syvokon

Nope! We use singular verb with either or neither
so, “Neither Jack nor Brian is strong” is correct one.

Hassanrazaa

but if both nouns are plural then we use plural verb with that sentence.

Hassanrazaa

Not only your lectures inspired me but it also helps me learn English.

Hassanrazaa

Both you and engvid’s team are teaching English very well.

is it correct?

Hassanrazaa

Not only did it smell,but it also tasted funny.

Is it mandatory to use the auxiliary verb in the first clause (did it smell)? Could it be: “Not only it smelt, but also tasted funny”?

Edmilson Medeiros

9 for 9 ,great!

EVANLO

I love your English lessons! Funny sentences. Thank you!

lichifunky

thank you

ismail moujtahid

Thanks for the great job

Karway

Thanks, James.

Yusroe

i’ve got 100%…thanks a lot

Guilherme Santana

You got 9 correct out of 9.

thanks.

M kartal

i got 10 ^^

khaoula 202

i got 9 on 9
thank you james you are great

Wafaa Mahmoud

the sentence of NOT ONLY : is that wrong if i said :( Not only they live in the same st. ) without (do) ??

Wafaa Mahmoud

Thank you James for a good lesson! It is a pleasure to see a man who is interested in his job!

Alex-1956

Nice class!! thank you!!

cmrocha

Thanks James !

Imes

10 out of 10. Thank you. But the verb forms after those conjunctions are always confusing

shaohong

Thanks for your lesson but… you say “COOL” TOO MUCH IN EACH LESSON! :P

SherlyYT

Thanks a lot David

Zicky1985

Can i use “either & or” with future tense?

karina perez

Not only was a good lesson but also a very funny. Thanks indeed. I love this engvid.com

AndreasElefteriadis

Thanks great teacher

joeannmedina

Hi James, really good explanation!
Many Thanks

Langi

EngVid.com is very helpful for English learns.
Thanks

vishnu ps

Resplendent

Neysmart

clearly explained thanks a lot teacher james.

jarol777

100 marks,thank you James.

Janice chen

thanks for clear explanation

emin18888

That’s for the class. That is great

yduitama

Thank you mr james. you are a great teacher

ilhamhaqqani

ํThank you Teacher James. I got 9 out of 9. Great lesson.

Piyapond866

9/9. Hell yeah
Thank you, Mr.James

datnguyentien

I got 9 correct out of 9. Thank for Teacher James. I definitely understood it.

Jeong Yoonji

great lesson Mr james I loved it

sagei.valirich

I’ve always had the doubt on neither pronunciation till this moment! Thanks for the class! Was very helpful ?

Ellen P

Thank you very much!!!

Borisolka

Thanks for this video. But I found a mistake.
3. Neither the woman nor the man “were” happy with the answer.
In this case, should be “was”.

EmmaWang8989

Tnx My bro :)

mgh

Thanks james was soooo helpful

eman yones moaffa

Thanks james God bless you

Joleydi

Thanks a lot for this simple and clear explanation, was a really useful lesson.

Hosrefaat

Great class!!!

Daely

10/10…thanks a lot

MD ROSMAWI

Thanks James 100 %

Raynza

thanks a lot, your explanations not only are brilliant but also are helping me improve my English skills.

Calub

Hi James, I appreciate the wonderful class you have here and the example sentences are very nice. ;)
One quick question though, in the no. 3 example you gave in the latter half of the video–
“Neither the woman nor the man were happy with the answer.”
According to one of the grammar book I have (perhaps it’s not so correct?), the verb should be aligned with the subject that is closer to it, and hence in this case the verb should be “was” (to be aligned with “the man”), instead of “were”.
So I’m confused here. It would be great if you could kindly clarify this particular grammatical rule for me. Thanks a lot for your help.

emily524

I love quiz.

sawarin

I’ve loved your lesson! You’re both a great communicator and an amazing teacher. Thank you!!!

PaulaDaisy

Thanks

San Niang

Thanks. Got 100.

Aung Win Naing Naing

Thanks James. I have understood these words.

zhupeidewudi

Thanx James, I want to say hello to you and the rest of a students, I am new here, your lessons are great, usefull and you are really funny, I laugh every time I watch your lessons :)).

It is bothering me something in this lesson. I am confused about the tence in sentences when we talk about negation (not only-but also). Example: “Not only was it of great quality, but it was also cheep”

In first part of a sentence we have a question form (not only WAS IT of..), don’t we need to say “Not only IT WAS of great quality, but it was also cheep” ?

other students can also help, thank you

ZeljkoT

THANK YOU FOR THIS CLASS

Abalo AZIA

thanks, James. 100%.

tooty kiss

thank you for this great lesson

mokhtaro

Thank you too. I really enjoy your lessons. You are an amazing professor.

rossrdrz

Yay?
Today I not only learn many lessons but also do many tests. Besides, I get 100 % correct.
I will keep doing, Thank you all teachers. ??

Lavender

thank you teacher for your support

KramiNedjmo

Both James and other teachers thank you a lot for your job, you’re making the best lessons for any levels which any learner can find it and figure out as easy as ABC, thank you!

Vladislav

Hi, James can you please help me? I need a free tool which can check punctuation as I have a presentation tomorrow and i don’t know the punctuation rules. Can you or anyone who knows reach out to me at shaistafizza@gmail.com, thanks.

Shaista Fizza

Thank you James I got 100%.

creamymagenta00

Great class, mate. Congrats

eliezersantos

I love the way you explain it, thank you so much. By the way I got 100%

Iris M Rivera

Thank you very much Mr. James. You have a sense of humour which adds a lot to your art of teaching.

Saidwishahi

Great class!

Guilherme Lisboa

Got 9/9!

Thank you!

Dili

This class was fantastic! Thanks for your aid.

Rosemaryoliveira

This class was fantastic! Thanks by your aid.

Rosemaryoliveira

Thanks a lot for your great class.

yasin ulupinar

thanks

Habibullah036

Either I have to study English or I have to do my Job.
Neither his hair nor his mustache was smell good.
Not only is she beautiful but also she is very smart !!.
Both vegetables and meat we have to use to prepare delicious hamburgers

masalasc

Thanks so much. It’s a great lesson.

masalasc

excellent teacher

cembasar

9/9. thanks james

Vo Viet Hoang22042009

thank you

Miss Hind

9 out of 9 perfect one

Navindu936

9/9 . Thanks for understanding our about this topic.

vips

Hello, Sir

First of all, I should appreciate for your marvelous teaching. Below I do have 2 questions, please answer them:

which one is correct:

1) Not only is he reliable, but also he is pious.
2) Not only is he reliable, but also pious.
3) Not only is he reliable, but he also is pious.
4)…

11) Not only does she speak English, but she also speaks Persian.
22) Not only does she speak English, but also she speaks Persian.
33)Not only does she speak English, but also Persian.
44) Not only does she speak English, but also does she speak Persian.
55)…