пюгдекхрекэмше якнбю - THE DISTRIBUTIVES
ALL, BOTH, HALF
EACH, EVERY, EITHER, NEITHER
These
words refer to a group of people or things, and to individual members of the
group. They show different ways of looking at the individuals within a group,
and they express how something is distributed, shared or divided.
ALL, BOTH, HALF
These words can be used in
the following ways:
ALL + |
1 2 3 4a 4b |
- the my, your, etc. this, that these, those |
Uncountable noun or Countable noun in the plural Uncountable noun Countable noun in the plural |
Example: |
|
1. |
All cheese contains protein |
2. |
All the people in the room were silent. |
3. |
I've invited all my friends
to the party. |
4a. |
Who's left all this paper
on my desk? |
4b. |
Look at all those
balloons! |
BOTH + |
1 2 3 4 |
- the my, your, etc. these, those |
Countable noun in the plural |
Example: |
|
1. |
Both children were born in Italy. |
2. |
He has crashed both (of) the
cars. |
3. |
Both (of) my parents have fair hair. |
4 |
You can take both (of) these
books back to the library. |
HALF + |
1 2 3 4 |
a the my, your, etc. this, that, |
Uncountable or countable noun |
Example: |
|
1. |
I bought half a kilo
of apples yesterday. |
2. |
You can have half (of) the
cake. |
3. |
I've already given you half
(of) my money. |
4 |
Half (of) these snakes are harmless |
NOTE: All, both, half + OF: 'OF' must be added when followed
by a pronoun:
All
of you; both of us; half of them
It is also quite common to add it in most of the above
situations except when there is no article (No.1 in all the tables above.)
EACH,
EVERY, EITHER, NEITHER
These
distributive words are normally used with singular nouns, and are placed before
the noun.
Each,
either and neither
can be used with plural nouns but must be followed by 'of':
Each is a way of seeing the members of a group as individuals:
╥
Each child received a present.
╥
Each of the children received a present.
Every is a way of seeing a group as a series of members:
╥
Every child in the world deserves affection.
It
can also express different points in a series, especially with time
expressions:
╥
Every third morning John goes jogging.
╥
This magazine is published every
other week.
Either and Neither are concerned with distribution between two things -
either is positive, neither is
negative:
╥
Which chair do you want? Either
chair will do.
╥
I can stay at either hotel,
they are both good
╥
There are two chairs here. You can
take either of them.
╥
Neither chair is any good, they're both too small.
╥
Which chair do you want? Neither of
them - they're both too small.