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RE: Can "eitrher" be used if there are three or more selections?
Subject:RE: Can "eitrher" be used if there are three or more selections? From:"Alan Oslick" <aoslick -at- hteinc -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:00:15 -0400
I'd agree with Ellen that "any" is preferable.
"Either" as a conjunction can head up a choice of more than two
alternatives, but otherwise its common usage implies one or another.
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