Either, Neither, So, Too

"So vị I" and "neither do I"(Download this explanation in PDF here).I use "so vì I" to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, và I use "neither vì I" lớn say that a negative sầu sentence is also true for me: John: I hate mushrooms.Me: So do I (=I also hate mushrooms).Lucy: I don"t live in London.Me: Neither vày I (=I also don"t live sầu in London. For example, maybe Lucy & I both live sầu in Paris).This is often used as a reply to someone else in a conversation, but both sentences can also be said by the same person, và even joined together:Me: Elizabeth loves coffee. So bởi I.Me: Harry doesn"t play the piano and neither bởi I.In my examples above sầu, I use "do" because the first sentence is in the present simple tense. The verb after "so" or "neither" changes depending on the tense of the verb in the first sentence. (This is very similar to lớn tag questions).

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Present simple: use "vày / does"	Lucy likes coffee. So vày I.Lucy doesn"t lượt thích coffee. Neither bởi I.
Present simple with "be": use "am / is / are"	John"s at the office. So am I.John isn"t at the office. Neither am I.
Present continuous: use "am / is / are"	Luke"s going out tonight. So am I.Luke isn"t going out tonight. Neither am I.
Past Simple: use "did"	Jill went to lớn the cinema yesterday. So did I.Jill didn"t go to lớn the cinema yesterday. Neither did I.
Past simple with "be": use "was / were"	She was at the library. So was I.She wasn"t at the library. Neither was I.
Present perfect: use "have sầu / has"	They"ve sầu been to Colombia. So have I.They haven"t been khổng lồ Colombia. Neither have sầu I. Xem thêm: Truyện Con Quỷ Hút Thuốc Ở Nhà Kho, Con Quỷ Hút Thuốc Ở Nhà Kho
Future simple: use "will"	Edward will be at the cafe later. So will I.Edward won"t be at the cafe later. Neither will I.
Modal verbs: repeat the modal verb	He would like a cup of tea. So would I.He wouldn"t like a cup of tea. Neither would I.Emma can speak Russian. So can I.Emma can"t speak Russian. Neither can I.

What about "too" và "either"?We can also use "I vì too" và "I don"t either", which mean the same as "so vị I" and "neither vì I":John: I hate mushrooms.Me: I bởi vì too (=I also hate mushrooms).Lucy: I don"t live in London.Me: I don"t either (=I also don"t live in London).The verb changes in the same way as with "so bởi I" & "neither vày I" (remember you need a negative verb with "either"):Present simple: John"s at the office. I am too.Present continuous:Luke isn"t going out tonight. I"m not either.Present perfect:They"ve been to lớn Colombia. I have sầu too.Modal verbs:Emma can"t speak Russian. I can"t either.

"Me too" & "me neither":We can also use "me too" và "me neither". "Me too" has the same meaning as "so + auxiliary verb + I" & "me neither" has the same meaning as "neither + auxiliary verb + I". "Me too" and "me neither" are very informal:John: I hate mushrooms.Me: Me too (=I also hate mushrooms).Lucy: I don"t live in London.Me: Me neither (=I also don"t live sầu in London).

Subjects other than "I":Of course, we can also use these expressions to talk about what"s true for other people, not just ourselves:John: I hate mushrooms.Me: So does Laura / Laura does too / Laura too.Lucy: I don"t live in London.Me: Neither does David / David doesn"t either / David neither.Some more examples:We live sầu in London và so vày they.Emma loves tennis. Jill and Laura vày too.My parents don"t come here often. Neither does Alex.She isn"t French & neither is he.You don"t lượt thích cold weather. Neither bởi vì we.Try an exercise about using "so vày I" và "neither bởi vì I" hereNeed more practice? Get more Perfect English Grammar with our courses.

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