Subject: * both . . . andi discover in a class yesterday that most of my younger undergraduate reject both as a correlative conjunction , as in ( 1 ) , while allow either . . . or without any complaint at all . ( 1 ) a john both drink wine and smoke cigar . b john drink both wine and beer . they be both clear and unanimous . has anyone else find this ? is it a change , or have both . . . and alway be the kind of thing you only learn by read lot of book ( which our youngster do n't do ) ? dick hudson dept of phonetic and linguistic , university college london , gower street , london wc1e 6bt uclyrah @ ucl . ac . uk