Common Grammatical Mistake - Use of Both and Neither

Both is a conjunction that can be used to join two nouns,  pronouns, nominal phrases or noun clauses together when performing as either or complement of a predicate in any given sentence.

Consider:

Both the man and the woman who is standing over there belong to the same group. (Means both of them are in the same group)

In other hand, neither is also a conjunction but it is being used for negative sentence. 

Neither the man nor the woman who is standing over there belongs to the group. (Means none of them is in the group)

Noted error: Using both in negative sentence instead of neither is wrong.

Always remember that both must be changed into neither in a negative sentence.

More examples:

Don't say: Both of them have not gone for the screening exercises.

Say:  Neither of them has gone for the screening exercises.

Don't say:  Both Mark and Anderson do not like me.

Say:  Neither Mark nor Anderson likes me.

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A Willing Horse - Its Idiomatic Meaning Explained

"A Willing Horse" is an idiom originated from animal's behaviour as it is essential to note that there are some idiom from animals and animals' behaviours.

"A willing horse" as an idiom is indicating an attitude of being working hard with honest and sincerity without complaining.

A man or woman who works hard without giving any complaint especially when having what to show for the work can be contemplated as
a willing horse.

Examples:

♣ Mr. Smith is one of the willing
horses of the company through whom the company is attaining progress.

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"Leopard Cannot Change Its Spot" Idiomatic Meaning

This page explains the idiomatic meaning of "Leopard cannot change its spot" after which examples follow.

This is an idiom taken from an animal's behavior. Leopard is an animal that also belongs to the family of cat with yellowish-brown fur with dark spot which can be located in some part of Africa and south Asia. Its female counterpart is known as leopardess.

Meaning of the idiom leopard cannot change its spot

This is indicating unchangeable habit of human being. It is used to qualify human being of a stable character that can never change for anything no matter what they pass through especially bad character.

Consider the following:

He still stole something from his neighbor's shop despite that he was just released after six months of imprisonment; indeed, his leopard cannot change its spot.

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