Either options or either option

Either option is acceptable. Each of the two, or both, are acceptable, but you expect to pick one option. Note that using a plural noun (either options) would be incorrect.

1. Can you use either with more than 2 options?
2. Is either only used for two options?
3. What does either option mean?
4. Can you use either with three options?

Can you use either with more than 2 options?

Standard dictionaries generally accept the use of “either” or “neither” to introduce a series of more than two items. Merriam-Webster Unabridged, for example, says “either” can be used “before two or more coordinate words, phrases, or clauses joined usually by or.” It defines “neither” as “not one of two or more.”

Is either only used for two options?

Either is used when referring to a choice between two options. For example, “Either one deserves to win.” Or, “Either you leave, or I will phone the police.” It can also be used in a negative way, instead of the words also or too.

What does either option mean?

either-or. adj presenting an unavoidable need to choose between two alternatives. an either-or situation.

Can you use either with three options?

"Either" allows you to choose between options. You can have either soup, salad, or breadsticks. This is a perfectly acceptable construction. It means you can only have one of the three.