What's the difference between the following examples:
Neither of my teachers are mathematicians.
None of my teachers are mathematicians.
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Sign up to join this communityWhat's the difference between the following examples:
Neither of my teachers are mathematicians.
None of my teachers are mathematicians.
Neither - not either - implies that there is a choice of only two.
So "neither of my teachers" is only correct if there are exactly two teachers, "none of my teachers" can be any number
The distinction already made between two and more than two is valid, but it would be preferable to write the sentences as Neither / None of my teachers is a mathematician.
Neither is typically used to mean "not one or the other of two". In order to refer to "none of several", none is preferred.