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Does “either A or B ” preclude “both A and B”?

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No., Either A and B, do not preclude both A and B.
Either means any of the 2. Thus when you say, either a and b.
meaning the answer may be A or B.
But when you say Both A and B.
Thus this simply means that the answer is both A and B.

=> Either is not the same as both.
Therefore the answer is NO.

For example:
When are you coming:
Answer = either today or tomorrow, meaning your coming maybe today or may be tomorrow. You're not sure.
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