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Difference in meaning between "You can be a singer or a dancer" and "You can either be a s

Do the sentences "You can be a singer or a dancer" and "You can either be a singer or a dancer" have the same meaning? If so, the use of t

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Difference in meaning between "You can be a singer or a dancer" and "You can either be a singer or a dancer"?

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Do the sentences "You can be a singer or a dancer" and "You can either be a singer or a dancer" have the same meaning?

If so, the use of the word "either" seems somewhat redundant in this type of sentences.

Can somebody explain this?

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I think there's a nuance of difference.

"You can be a singer or a dancer."

doesn't seem to specifically exclude the possibility of being both.

"You can either be a singer or a dancer."

does, in my opinion, exclude that possibility.

Source: RamblingChicken on Stack Exchange — CC BY-SA 4.0.

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