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minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·1 day agoUs is a plural subject, so I believe are is correct.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day 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-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt’s neither, nor either.
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
It’s neither, nor either.