Sentences with the word either or

You can use either – or to talk about something that is true in all possible ways. Both of these are correct. It’s important to note that either – or does not always result in faulty reasoning, but it can if used incorrectly.

We have written 50 example sentences with either -or.

1. Either you spend time with your family or you work hard.
2. Either paint your front door a bright color or replace all your light bulbs with LED lights.
3. Either he will get a discount or he won’t pay.
4. Either our relationship will be better or it will end.
5. Either we can eat in a restaurant or we can get take away food.
6. Either they will order from us or buy from our competitor.
7. Either I will stay home or I’ll go out.
8. Either you do it now or you will regret it later.
9. Either we make it better or we make it worse.
10. Either we take the chance or we look back in regret.
11. You can have either vegetables or the salad.
12. I’m not either going out for dinner or watching a movie.
13. I’m not either seeing that film or reading a book tonight.
14. Either take a shower now or get ready for bed later.
15. Either I’ll go on the trip or I’ll stay home.
16. You can either take the train or the bus.
17. Either you walk or I will drive.
18. Either you listen to me or I’ll call the police.
19. Has either John or Karen called yet?
20. He either ate too much or did not exercise.
21. Either return the product or ask for a refund.
22. The customer had to choose either the green or yellow pen.
23. She either read the news or played games every day.
24. The client can’t decide either on the red or black envelope.
25. I can either make chili or spaghetti for dinner tonight.
26. A hardworking woman either marries a rich man or is miserable.
27. A gingerbread man was either sweet or not.
28. Either your boyfriend works or you’re going to the prom with me.
29. Either you call me back or I’m going to stop showing up at work unexpectedly.
30. My dog either wandered off or got run over by a car.
31. Either your little brother loves me or he’s setting me.
32. Either you are a student or not.
33. Either get rid of clutter around the house or clean up after yourself.
34. Either they will like me or not.
35. You either take the bus to work or drive yourself there.
36. I either drink water before bedtime or after dinner.
37. Either it’s raining outside or the sun is shining.
38. You either have to go to work today or call in sick.
39. You either want ice cream for dessert or apple pie instead.
40. The apples are either ripe enough to eat now, or they need another week before they can be eaten.
41. Either you like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or bananas.
42. Either you’re a morning person or you’re not.
43. I either need to study for my exam tomorrow or work on a project due next week.
44. The dog either needs food or water.
45. You can either buy this shirt or that one.
46. You can have either a coffee or soda with your meal.
47. We’re going to do either homework or watch TV tonight.
48. The choice is yours – either eat healthy food every day if you want to lose weight or just do what feels good at the time (eating junk food) as long as it doesn’t make you feel bad about yourself later on in life.
49. Either install a new mailbox that matches your home’s exterior design or add an outdoor rug to create more space for relaxing outside.
50. Either replace old clothes, shoes, and books with newer ones or keep them for memories.

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Either or fallacy

One of the most common logical fallacies in our society is the either-or fallacy. This fallacy occurs when we fail to acknowledge that there are other options available, and instead believe only two choices exist. The fallacy is the opposite, where we recognize there are more than two options. The either-or fallacy can be defined as the assumption that two statements are mutually exclusive when in fact, they may both be true. A false dilemma is a form of this fallacy because it assumes only two possibilities exist and ignores any other possible outcomes.

Either or fallacy examples

The problem with this type of thinking is that it ignores any additional factors which may be influencing a particular situation. A good example would be “how many hours do you work per week on average?”

If you think about this as an either-or question (full-time or part-time) then your answer will not include people who have multiple jobs, even though they’re working full-time hours at all of them!

Another example could be one saying “If you go to college for four years then you will have a high-paying job.” If someone does not attend college for four years they are automatically relegated to low-paying jobs? It’s important to understand that there are many different factors that determine how much money one makes.

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Do you know how to use EITHER OR correctly? In this lesson, you will learn the use of EITHER OR with example sentences in English.

How to Use EITHER OR

Either refers to any one of the two things or people. Either is always considered singular in a sentence. Either/or is a correlative conjunction. We use either/or for connect things which are the same types, phrases, clauses or words.

Example Sentences

• Either he or she cooks dinner.
• Either Mark or Samuel will go.
• You can either come with me now or walk home.
• They don’t have enough time. They can either have breakfast or have a shower.
• You can either call me at home or the office.
• I’ll either write to you or phone you next week.

• Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.

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Examples

• Either my mother or my father will call.
• Neither the pizza nor the ice-cream is here.
• Rita wants either a motorcycle or a water scooter for her birthday.
• Poco likes neither tea nor coffee; he prefers carrot juice.

Examples

• Either salad or soup will be served for lunch.
• I want neither the salad nor the soup.
• Maya is neither happy nor sad about this.
• Poco, who is neither qualified nor experienced, is now our manager.
• You’ll need bread, either white or brown, for this recipe.
• Either he wants the job, or he doesn’t.
• Either you like chocolate, or you don’t.
• Neither does she care, nor does she pretend to care.

Examples

• Neither the moon nor the stars are out tonight.

  The part closest to the verb is plural (“the stars”). Use a plural verb: “are” instead of “is.”
• Neither the stars nor the moon is out tonight.

  The part closest to the verb is singular (“the moon”). Use “is” instead of “are.”

• Neither you nor I am to blame.
• Neither you nor they are to blame.
• Either the tourists or the guide has the tickets.
• Either the guide or the tourists have the tickets.
• Either she or they have the tickets.
• Neither they nor she has the tickets.

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Examples

• You can have either cake, ice-cream, or lizard legs.
• We could either watch a movie, go out for dinner, or play a board game.
• Either Anita, Poco, or I will call you.
• I can bake either cupcakes, muffins, or pies. Which do you prefer?

Example

• You can either read a book or watch a movie or go out for dinner or play a game or call a friend or bake a cake: there are lots of things you can do on a Saturday.

Examples

• Neither Anita nor Poco nor Nesbit is qualified to operate on people.
• Neither rain nor snow nor hail nor sleet can stop us now.
• I can bake neither cupcakes nor muffins nor pies, but I do know how to boil an egg.

Examples

• Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
• If Aunt Nancy really has any money beyond her annuity—and that’s what neither you nor I nor any living soul knows . . .

Examples

• Correct: Either Anita or Poco will send you the report.
  Correct: Anita or Poco will send you the report.

  Both sentences mean that one of them will send the report.

• Correct: You can have either pizza or cake.
  Correct: You can have pizza or cake.

Examples

• Incorrect: Tumkin nor Maya has a cat.
  Correct: Neither Tumkin nor Maya has a cat.
• Incorrect: Poco drinks coffee nor tea.
  Correct: Poco drinks neither coffee nor tea.

Examples

• Incorrect: Lulu either wants a hat or an umbrella for her birthday.

  Lacks parallel structure: either is followed by a verb, while or is followed by a noun phrase.

  Correct: Lulu wants either a hat or an umbrella for her birthday.

  We have parallel structure: both either and or are followed by noun phrases (“a hat” and “an umbrella”).

• Incorrect: Either poor Farley is foolish or unlucky.
  Correct: Poor Farley is either foolish or unlucky.
• Incorrect: We should either call, or we should email them today.
  Correct: We should either call or email them today.
• I either want a cupcake or a muffin.
  I want either a cupcake or a muffin.
• Incorrect: I’ve neither received an email nor a message from them.
  Correct: I’ve received neither an email nor a message from them.
• Incorrect: You have to neither pay, nor do you have to sign anything.
  Correct: Neither do you have to pay, nor do you have to sign anything.
• You can neither have a cupcake nor a muffin.
  You can have neither a cupcake nor a muffin.

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Examples

• Every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.
• Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me.
• I found it strange that neither I nor the day seemed in a mourning mood.

  — James Joyce, “The Sisters,” Dubliners (1914)

• The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.

  — Maya Angelou, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986)

• The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either shabby or ornate, and what was inside them might as well have been dust.
• Within ten hours of the event, most of the scientists capable of pointing this out were either dead or insane.