Words / A2

BOHTH/bəʊθ/

Use both when you mean the two things together, not three. Both doors were locked. The pattern both … and … joins a pair: both tea and coffee. All is for three or more; either is one of two. We say both of them, not “the both.”

Meaning

The two together; this one and that one.

Examples

• “Both answers are correct.”
• “Both of my brothers live abroad.”
• “She speaks both Urdu and English.”

Good to know

both … and …. both of them. Three or more: all. One of two: either.

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