Boths or both

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Both

Predeterminer

Definition:

Used for emphasis to refer to two people or things, regarded and identified together

Examples:

  1. Both his parents indulged him
  2. She held on with both hands
  3. Cars parked on both sides of the road
  4. A picture of both of us together
  5. He looked at them both

Both

Determiner

Definition:

Used for emphasis to refer to two people or things, regarded and identified together

Examples:

  1. Both his parents indulged him
  2. She held on with both hands
  3. Cars parked on both sides of the road
  4. A picture of both of us together
  5. He looked at them both

Both

Pronoun

Definition:

Used for emphasis to refer to two people or things, regarded and identified together

Examples:

  1. Both his parents indulged him
  2. She held on with both hands
  3. Cars parked on both sides of the road
  4. A picture of both of us together
  5. He looked at them both

Both

Adverb

Definition:

Used before the first of two alternatives to emphasize that the statement being made applies to each (the other alternative being introduced by ‘and’)

Examples:

  1. The film has won favour with both young and old
  2. Studies of zebra finches, both in the wild and in captivity

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