Tema 4.2: Grammar. So, neither, too, and either with simple present action verbs.
VG.4.1.1. Video de la clase.
Use so, neither, too and either, to show similarity or agreement:
SO DO - NEITHER DO
Affirmative case
In the affirmative case, a statement is made and responded with the structure So do/does + subject or So am/is/are + subject:
Example
1) She studies economics at the National Open University./ So does he.
2) He is a scientist in NASA's astrophysics department./So are we.
Negative case
In the negative case, a statement is made and responded with the structure Neither do/does + subject or Neither am/is/are + subject:
Example
1) He doesn't go to school because he hurt his leg./ Neither do I.
2) We are not in the hospital. We already left./ Neither is she.
SO DO TOO - DON´T EITHER
Affirmative case
The structure for the affirmative case is Subject do/does, too or Subject am/is/are, too.
Example
1) He likes to take photos of nature/I do, too.
2)They are the best students in their school./We are, too.
Negative case
The structure for the negative case is Subject don't/doesn't either or Subject am/is/are not either.
Example
1) We don´t want to go to the beach this summer./ They don´t either.
2)They aren't the champions this season./We aren´t either.
In informal speech, we often use me too, me neither.
Example
1) They study math every day/Me too.
2) She is not the winner of the beauty pageant./Me neither.
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