Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
I didn't call the police. My son didn't call ___________.

• A. them either
• B. them too
• C. him either
• D. him too

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

them either

The adverb 'either' is used in the place of 'also' or 'too', when the sentence is negative.

Since the given sentence is negative, we can't use 'too'. We use the adverb 'either' here. Hence options B and D are incorrect.

Also, the noun 'police' is plural. We often confuse it as singular, when it's used as an adjective or in compound noun form: police officer, police man, etc.

Since it's plural, we'll use the pronoun 'them' and not 'him'.

Hence option C is incorrect.

Option A is correct as both 'them' and 'either' are used here.