Grammar help is needed: Short answers

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Grammar help is needed: Short answers

diadora

Grammar help is needed: Short answers

I need grammar help from native speakers. I don �t know how to give short answers to these statements.

A: I disagree with this opinion.

B: So do I or Neither do I

A: I don �t disagree with this opinion.

B: So do I or Neither do I.

A: I refused the invitation.

B: So did I or Neither did I

Are there any verbs with negative meaning ( apart from no,never,seldom,rarely) and require "neither".

Please, explain your ideas.

Thanks in advance.

14 Apr 2016

tooomas

I �m not native, but I believe it does not matter a verb has a "hidden negative meaning", as long you can add negation to it.

For exaple: I hate it - So do I BECAUSE you can also say I don �t hate it - Neither do I....

So it �s not the hidden negative meaning that counts but the structure of a sentence. Thus:

I disagree with this opinion.

So do I

I don�t disagree with this opinion.

Neither do I.

I refused the invitation.

So did I

14 Apr 2016

Tere-arg

I am not a native speaker either.

When the sentence is positive you use SO

A: I disagree with this opinion.

B: So do I

A: I refused the invitation.

B: So did I

When the sentence is negative you use NEITHER/NOR

A: I don ´t disagree with this opinion.

B: Neither do I.

14 Apr 2016

MoodyMoody

I am a native speaker. The previous commenters are correct. If there is an overt negative in the sentence (not, never, neither, nor, etc.), use "neither do I." If it lacks an overt negative and has only an implied negative, such as your example "I disagree with this opinion," use "so do I."

14 Apr 2016