How to use so, too,
neither, and either in auxiliary?
1.
'So do I' and 'neither do I'
I use 'so do
I' to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and I use 'neither do
I' to say that a negative sentence is also true for me:
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John: I hate mushrooms.
·
Me: So do I (=I also hate mushrooms).
·
Lucy: I don't live in London.
·
Me: Neither do I (=I also don't live in London.
For example, maybe Lucy and I both live 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, and even joined together:
·
Me: Elizabeth loves coffee. So do I.
·
Me: Harry doesn't play the piano and neither do I.
In my examples
above, 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 tag questions).
Present simple: use 'do / does'
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Lucy likes coffee. So do I.
Lucy doesn't like coffee. Neither
do I.
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Present simple with 'be': use 'am / is / are'
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John's at the office. So am I.
John isn't at the office. Neither
am I.
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Present continuous: use 'am / is /
are'
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Luke's going out tonight. So am I.
Luke isn't going out tonight.
Neither am I.
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Past Simple: use 'did'
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Jill went to the cinema yesterday.
So did I.
Jill didn't go to the cinema
yesterday. Neither did I.
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Past simple with 'be': use 'was /
were'
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She was at the library. So was I.
She wasn't at the library. Neither
was I.
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Present perfect: use 'have / has'
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They've been to Colombia. So have
I.
They haven't been to Colombia.
Neither have I.
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Future simple: use 'will'
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Edward will be at the cafe later.
So will I.
Edward won't be at the cafe later.
Neither will I.
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Modal verbs: repeat the modal verb
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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.
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2. What about 'too' and
'either'?
We can also
use 'I do too' and 'I don't either', which mean the same as 'so do I' and
'neither do I':
·
John: I hate mushrooms.
·
Me: I do 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 do I' and 'neither do 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 Colombia. I have too.
·
Modal verbs: Emma
can't speak Russian. I can't either.
3.
'Me too' and 'me neither':
We can also
use 'me too' and 'me neither'. 'Me too' has the same meaning as 'so + auxiliary
verb + I' and '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 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.
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Lucy: I don't live in London.
·
Me: Neither does David / David doesn't either / David
neither.
Some more
examples:
·
We live in London and so do they.
·
Emma loves tennis. Jill and Laura do too.
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My parents don't come here often. Neither does Alex.
·
She isn't French and neither is he.
·
You don't like cold weather. Neither do we.
IN AUXILIARY SOO, TOO,
NEITHER, EITHER
Ø SO
SO is used to show
agreement with positive statements.
SO + Auxiliary + Subject
(pronoun)
The Auxiliary needs to
agree with the verb tense in the original statement. It is similar to using TOO
at the end of a sentence.
Person A
|
Person B
|
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I am happy.
|
So am I.
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= I am happy too.
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I'm going to
Brazil in the summer.
|
So am I.
|
= I am going to Brazil
too.
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You look
nice today.
|
So do you.
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= you look nice too.
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Stephanie
has a new boyfriend.
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So does Mary.
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= Mary has a new one
too.
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We went to
the concert last night.
|
So did I.
|
= I went to the concert
too.
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I would love
a coffee right now.
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So would I.
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= I would love a coffee
too.
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He will win
a prize.
|
So will I.
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= I will win one too.
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They have
finished their homework.
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So have I.
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= I have finished too.
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I can speak
two languages.
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So can I.
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= I can speak two too.
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He should
study more.
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So should I.
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= I should study more
too.
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We could see
the mountains.
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So could we.
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= We could see them too.
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My brother
had eaten too much.
|
So had I.
|
= I had eaten too much
too.
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Ø NEITHER
Neither is used to show agreement
with negative statements.
Neither + Auxiliary + Subject
(pronoun)
The Auxiliary needs to agree with the
verb tense in the original statement.
It is similar to using either at the
end of a sentence, although Neither is more commonly used, especially in spoken
English.
A: I don't understand
Spanish.
B: Neither do I. (= I
don't understand Spanish either.)
A: I cannot swim.
B: Neither can I. (= I
can't swim either.)
Sometimes people respond
Me Neither instead of Neither + Auxiliary + Subject though this is very
informal spoken English.
Person A
|
Person B
|
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I am not
hungry.
|
Neither am I.
|
= I'm not hungry either
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I'm not
going to quit.
|
Neither am I.
|
= I'm not going to quit
either
|
They don't
speak French.
|
Neither do I.
|
= I don't speak French
either.
|
Stephanie
doesn't eat meat.
|
Neither does Mary.
|
= Mary doesn't eat meat
either.
|
Mary didn't
go to the party.
|
Neither did I.
|
= I didn't go either.
|
I wouldn't
like to do his job.
|
Neither would I.
|
= I wouldn't like to do
it either.
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He won't
stop talking.
|
Neither will you.
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= You won't stop either.
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You haven't
finished your meal.
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Neither have you.
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= You haven't finished
either.
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Mike can't
reach the top shelf.
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Neither can I.
|
= I can't reach it
either.
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You
shouldn't talk in the movie.
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Neither should you.
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= You shouldn't talk
either.
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We couldn't
hear him.
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Neither could we.
|
= We couldn't hear him
either.
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I hadn't
seen her before.
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Neither had I.
|
= I hadn't seen her
before either.
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