ADDITIONS TO REMARKS

Affirmative ADDITIONS to affirmative remarks are made by SO + AUXILIARY + SUB1ECT

If there is an auxiliary in the first remark, it is repeated in the addition:

`Bill would enjoy a game and so would Tom.
Peter: `I am going out for dinner tonight!
Jane: `So am I!

If there is no auxiliary in the first remark, DO/DOES/DID
is used in the addition:

Peter: `Bill likes golf
Jane: `So do I
Note: - We may also use Lhe followlng phrase for addlLlon Lo remarks whlch are grammaLlcally
accepLable
me too Lhe mosL lnformal/ common
I do too]so do I medlum formallLy/ common
I do a|so formal/ noL common
I do as we|| formal/ noL common

Negative ADDITIONS to negative remarks are made with NEITHER/NOR + AUXILIARY +
SUB1ECT:

`Tom never goes to concerts, neither does his wife.
`Ann hasnt got any spare time- `Neither/Nor have I.

Negative additions to affirmative remarks are made with but + subject + auxiliary + n`t/not`.
Compare:
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e speaks English. But I don`t.
e doesn`t speak English. Nor do I.
I Iound the answer. But Alice didn`t.
I couldn`t Iind the answer. Neither did Alice.
e can cook. But his wiIe can`t.
e can`t cook. Nor can his wiIe.
I can play chess. But my sister can`t.
I can`t play chess. Neither can my sister.
Affirmative additions to negative remarks are made with but + subject + auxiliary`.
e doesn`t know how to cook. But I do.
I didn`t see the Iilm. But my sister did.
e can`t play chess. But I can.
She wasn`t late. But I was.