You must either grant his request or incur his ill will. The preceding sentence is a. correct because parenthetical statements are punctuated as if they stood apart from the sentence containing them b. incorrect because the whole sentence is a statement c. an un-English mess that should be taken apart and expressed as two sentences. Suppose that you want to give someone either or both of two options. Cut down on the amount of stealing or cheating or both b. Cut down on the amount of stealing or cut down on the amount of cheating 15.
Animals compose a zoo.
Animals comprise a zoo. Both a and b 16. For fear of little men . . . .