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| Apr 17, 2017 at 19:35 | comment | added | stackexchanger | IMO "either" does not add clarity here. If you are used to "either" meaning "one of two" then it might lead you to believe that there are only two choices, when in fact there are three. So while I agree that it's not strictly speaking ungrammatical, IMO it's generally better to limit it to binary cases to avoid confusion. | |
| Feb 26, 2012 at 1:02 | history | answered | Bogdan Lataianu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |