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From: arthurvarr@gmail.com (navi)
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by: navi - Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:42 UTC

1) You can't either take medications or undergo therapy. You have to do both.

Is the above grammatical and meaningful?

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by: Snidely - Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:48 UTC

Just this Friday, navi puzzled about:
> 1) You can't either take medications or undergo therapy. You have to do both.
>
> Is the above grammatical and meaningful?

Yes. No.

1prime) You can't just take medications or just undergo therapy. You
need to do both [as they work together].

/dps "unjust, isn't it?"

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by: jerryfriedman - Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:02 UTC

navi wrote:

> 1) You can't either take medications or undergo therapy. You have to do both.

> Is the above grammatical and meaningful?

It might work with quotation marks.

"I'll either take medications or undergo therapy, but not both."

"You can't 'either take medications or undergo therapy'."

Though I have trouble imagining any of this.

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Subject	Author
either/or	navi
Re: either/or	Snidely
Re: either/or	jerryfriedman