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[-] JerkyChew@lemmy.one 18 points 23 hours ago
[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 22 hours ago

Found the loophole.

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 4 points 20 hours ago

Us is a plural subject, so I believe are is correct.

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

think of the positive version of the sentence and it becomes more obvious it should be is:

"Either of us is going"

Or, to further stress the point, turn it into a question:

"Is either of us going?"

The subject is not us, it's "either of us", which is singular

[-] huginn@feddit.it 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Problem is: "Are either of us going" sounds right too.

Either is not always singular - Either the Red Sox or the Yankees are going to win tonight, not Either the Red Sox or the Yankees is going to win.

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 14 hours ago

Fair, didn't think of that. If x or y in "either x or y" is plural, the whole phrase is plural. Either the Red Sox or the Yankees are going to win, either their team or ours is going to win.

Thanks for pointing it out!

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