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Can "eitrher" be used if there are three or more selections?
Subject:Can "eitrher" be used if there are three or more selections? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
I have a sentence:
"If you tab past the third field without entering a check mark in
either of the three fields, a message is displayed."
Does either only apply when you have two choices or can I use it if
there are three or more choices? Should I be using "any" instead of
"either"? It is important that I keep the mention of "three fields"
in the senetence.
Thanks...I'm sure the answer is taught in Writing 101, but right now,
I'm lucky if I can recall my name, let alone the answer to this question.
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