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minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoUs is a plural subject, so I believe are is correct.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agothink 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
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoProblem 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.
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Found the loophole.
Us is a plural subject, so I believe are is correct.
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
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.