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"to either side" or "on either side" commonly means "on both sides" "Either" has two meanings: - verb-wise, it separates different options (you can have eithe
by sdwr 2y ago
"to either side" or "on either side" commonly means "on both sides"
"Either" has two meanings:
- verb-wise, it separates different options (you can have either X or Y)
- noun-wise, it refers to two similar groups (there was no light on either side of the bridge, or, conversely, the bridge was lit on either side)
- jjtheblunt 2y ago(Native speaker) i read either in the sense of logical or, so one side alone (tegardless of which side) or both sides at once. Interesting how varied the ohrasing can be read, though!
- quuxplusone 2y agoIndeed. "On either side the river lie / Long fields of barley and of rye" —Tennyson