How to use 也好. Not meaning 'also good' My non-Mandarin colleagues have been using


  英文也好，中文也好


lately and I assumed from their context they meant both languages are equal in whatever comparison they were making.

When I looked it up I found it to mean "might as well, whether...or..."

How can I use 也好？
Is there more (or less) colloquial equivalents?
How is 也罢 different?
Both A也好, B也好 and A也罢, B也罢 construction mean "whether A or B". It is usually spoken to show indifference when faced with two options or when the choice really doesn't matter. The explanation from 汉典 says the following:

A也好, B也好


  表示不论这样还是那样都不是条件
  Example: 插秧也好，收割也好，都不要误了农时。


A也罢, B也罢


  表示不以所列举的情况为条件
  Example: 运砖也罢，整地也罢，保证超额完成任务。


When used together, people would normally associate 也好 to a positive choice or action and 也罢 to a negative one. For example:

你去也好，不去也罢，都与我无关。

Note that for this A也好, B也罢 construction, the sequence is always 也好 first followed by 也罢.