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So do I / I don't either / Neither do I

One way that we can show similarities between ourselves and the people
we talk to is like this:
A: I love Indian food.
B: Yeah, me too. / Yeah. So do I. / I do, too.

If B doesn't like Indian food, the exchange might be like this:


A: I love Indian food.
B: Do you? I don't.
(Instead of Do you? we can also say You do? with rising intonation or
Really?)

I don't either / Neither do I


When we want to show that we feel the same way as somebody else we
can use patterns like these:

o I like tennis - So do I.
o I watch the news every day - Yeah, I do too.

and are used with positive verb forms. However, “I do too”


”So do I”
when we have negative verb forms (i.e. forms which contain n't or never),
we need to use a different structure to share our feeling:
A: I don't like baseball.
B: No, me neither / Neither do I / I don't either.

Do you? I don't / Don't you? I do.


Be careful about this very important point:
So do I / I do to shows agreement with a positive verb form.
Neither do I / I don't either shows agreement with a negative verb form.

Therefore, if Person A likes pop music but Person B doesn't like pop
music. We do not express it like this:
A: I like pop music.
B: Neither do I.
”Neither do I” is used to show agreement with a negative verb
statement:
A: I don't like chocolate.
B: Neither do I.
When B wants to show that his/her views are different from A's, it can
be done like this:

EXPRESSING DIFFERENCE WITH A POSITIVE VERB FORM:


A: I study hard every day.
B: Do you? I don't.

EXPRESSING DIFFERENCE WITH A NEGATIVE VERB FORM:


A: I never watch television in the evenings.
B: Don't you? I do.

Making our responses more interesting


Of course, if we always respond to people's statements with So do I or
Do you? I don't etc., our responses will not be very interesting. To make
them more interesting, we can try to add an extra detail. Here are some
examples:

A: I love Indian food.


B: Yeah, so do I, especially onion bhajis and rogan josh.

A: I don't like chocolate.


B: Neither do I. It usually makes me feel sick.

A: I really love baseball.


B: Do you? I think it's boring. I much prefer football.

A: I never read the newspapers.


B: Don't you? I always read the Guardian while I'm having breakfast.
การใช้ too/either และ so am I / Neither do I ฯลฯ
A. too และ either
เราใช้ too และ either ท้ายประโยค
เราใช้ too หลังคำากริยา เราใช้ either หลังคำากริยา
บอกเล่า ปฏิเสธ
A: I’m happy. A: I’m not happy
B: I’m happy too. B: I’m not happy either.
A: I enjoyed the film. (ไม่ใช่ ‘I’m not … too.’)
B: I enjoyed it too. A: I can’t cook.
Mary is a doctor. Her B: I can’t either. (ไม่ใช่ ‘I
husband is a doctor can’t too’)
too. …สามีของเธอก็เป็ น Bill doesn’t watch TV. He
หมอด้วย doesn’t read newspaper
either. … เขาก็ไม่อ่าน
หนั งสือพิมพ์ด้วย

B. so am I / neither do I ฯลฯ
So am/is/are…,
was/were…, do/does…, did…
Neither have/has…, can…, will…,
would…
So am I = I am too Neither am I = I’m not
So have I = I have either
too(ฯลฯ) เช่น Neither can I = I can’t
A: I’m working. either(ฯลฯ) เช่น
B: So am I.(= I’m A: I haven’t got a key.
working too) B: Neither have I.(= I
A: I was late for work haven’t either)
today. A: Ann can’t cook.
B: So was John.(John B: Neither an Tom. (=
was late too) Tom can’t either)
A: I work in bank. A: I won’t (= will not) be
B: So do I here tomorrow.
A: We went to the B: Neither will I.
cinema last night. A: I never go to the
B: Did you? So did cinema.
we. B: Neither do I.
A: I’d like to go to หรือจะใช้ Nor …(= Neither
Australia. …) ก็ได้ เช่น
B: So would I. A: I’m not married.
B: Nor am I. หรือ Neither
am I.
โปรดสังเกตว่าเราใช้ So am I (ไม่ใช่ ‘So I am’) และ Neither
have I (ไม่ใช่ ‘Neither I have’)

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