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A: Which son of you had gone to college?
B: Neither of them. They are not good at learning.
A: Do you want an apple or an orange?
B: Either of them, I like both.
Give me either a cup of water or coffee please, I'm dry as a bone.
Neither tools can be used, I needs a smaller one.
Either Tim not Mike takes the cake, Rika win the first prize.
B: Neither of them. They are not good at learning.
A: Do you want an apple or an orange?
B: Either of them, I like both.
Give me either a cup of water or coffee please, I'm dry as a bone.
Neither tools can be used, I needs a smaller one.
Either Tim not Mike takes the cake, Rika win the first prize.
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Neither Tim nor Mike takes the cake, Rika wins first prize.
A: Which son of your's had gone to college?
A: Which son of you had gone of your sons went to college?
B: Either of them, I like them both.
Or 'I'll take either, I like them both' or 'Either is fine'
Give me either a cup of water or coffee please, I'm dry as a bone.
Probably wouldn't use either here. Because this sounds like 'Give me something/anything to drink.' So it's not a choice between two things and either is unnecessary.
Dry as a bone - I guess it works. But I think it's more often used when something is actually dry, not so much for thirst.
Neither of these tools can be used, I needs a smaller one.
Or 'I can't use either of these (tools), I need a smaller one.
Either Neither Tim not nor Mike takes the cake, Rika wins the first prize.
Probably wouldn't use this expression in the negative. 'He doesn't take the cake' sounds odd. Probably we would only use it in the affirmative. 'You take the cake.'