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[palinkasocsi]

Dear Friends,

Which of the two is correct:

Either me or my brother prepare the breakfast.
Either me or my brother prepares the breakfast.?

Thank you very much.

Palinkasocsi

 

[The French]

Dear Friends,

Which of the two is correct:

Either me or my brother prepare the breakfast.
Either me or my brother prepares the breakfast.?

Thank you very much.

Palinkasocsi

Hi,

Your first sentence is nice, you must write without 's' it's the same if you use neither .. nor, because your both subjects are singular.

Cordially,

 

[palinkasocsi]

Thank you The French.

Any natives on this?

Palinkasocsi

 

[Anglika]

Dear Friends,

Which of the two is correct:

Either me or my brother prepare the breakfast.
Either me or my brother prepares the breakfast.?

Thank you very much.

Palinkasocsi

Either my brother or me prepares the breakfast.
My brother and I [together] prepare the breakfast

Note how "me" is placed second in agreement with the convention that the other person carries more importance.

 

[Nightmare85]

And we could also use I instead of me, right?
(Both were correct, I guess)

Cheers!

 

[RonBee]

Well, I prepares would seem weird.

 

[David Carlson]

Dear Friends,

Which of the two is correct:

Either me or my brother prepare the breakfast.
Either me or my brother prepares the breakfast.?

Thank you very much.

Palinkasocsi

Ok - not a teacher, just the grandson of one, son of one, husband of one and father of one.

Should this not read

Either I or my brother prepare the breakfast.

You would not say

me prepare the breakfast

you would say

I prepare the breakfast


If I am wrong, please let me know.

 

[RonBee]

Ok - not a teacher, just the grandson of one, son of one, husband of one and father of one.

Should this not read

Either I or my brother prepare the breakfast.

You would not say

me prepare the breakfast

you would say

I prepare the breakfast


If I am wrong, please let me know.

"Either my brother or I prepare breakfast" with "Either I or my brother...." in second place.

 

[palinkasocsi]

So you say that if you use 'I' instead of 'me' in:

Either my brother or I prepare ...

then in this case we cannot use the singular (prepares) form. Otherwise it's:

Either my brother or me prepares ...

Is this the right understanding?

Palinkasocsi

 

[The French]

Hi, Palinkasocsi,

I give you the answer, when you use 'Either... or' or 'Neither..nor' with two singular subjects you must write the verb in the singular form. It is the same if you write I or me.

See you later. (I am not a teacher).

 

[palinkasocsi]

"Either my brother or I prepare breakfast" with "Either I or my brother...." in second place.

Then how could you explain the above, The French?

Palinkasocsi

 

[The French]

Then how could you explain the above, The French?

Palinkasocsi

Hi Palinkasocsi,

The rule with the personnal pronoun I is to put 'I' in the second place and the other singular subject in the first place.

It is the rule, it's like this.:-D

Have a nice day.

 

[palinkasocsi]

Dear The French,

Sorry but I'm drawing a total blank on what You and Ronbee say with this 'second place' thing. How is it relevant to the (un)grammaticality of the following:

Either my brother or I prepare breakfast.?

Have a nice day.

Palinkasocsi

 

[Nightmare85]

**Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.**

I also have some problems to understand it.
Maybe they just mean that you should first call the other person and then you.
Tom and I. (Either Tom or I....)
My brother and I. (Either my brother or I...)

Cheers!

 

[Raymott]

Either my brother prepares breakfast, or I do.
Either I prepare breakfast, or my brother does.
Breakfast is prepared by either my brother or me.
Breakfast is prepared by either me or my brother.
Of my brother and me, one prepares breakfast, while the other doesn't.
prepareBreakfast(Me) [FONT=&quot]∩[/FONT] prepareBreakfast(my brother) = [FONT=&quot]∅[/FONT]
prepareBreakfast(Me) [FONT=&quot]∪[/FONT] prepareBreakfast(my brother) = 1
prepareBreakfast(Me) [FONT=&quot]∨[/FONT] prepareBreakfast(my brother) = True.
prepareBreakfast(Me) [FONT=&quot]∧[/FONT] prepareBreakfast(my brother) = False
etc.