Students find responses with "So" and "Neither" difficult to understand. I can see why. They are confusing for a non-native speaker.
There are 4 different situations in this type of response.
- Agree to a positive statement eg. I love walking in the mountains. So do I.
- Disagree with a positive statement eg. I didn't like that movie. Actually, I did.
- Agree with a negative statement eg. I can't stand rude people. Neither can I.
- Disagree with a negative statement eg. I've decided I'm not going to India. Oh, I am.
Notice that whether you agree or disagree we don't use "not". We also must use the form of the verb used in the first statement. That could be a different tense or using a modal.
Remember that it's the question form we are using: "do, did, can and am".
When agreeing we use "so" or "neither", positive or negative, and when disagreeing we can use "oh" or "actually".
So, it's quite easy really.
Hi Ajan Paul,
ReplyDeleteThis your topic is very useful for me to really understand for use "So" and "Neither" whether I want agree or disagree about something. Now it is very clearly for me to use it in right way, thank you vey mush for your advise.
Ajan Paul, you know, before and afther I tested last friday, I confused and didn't undestand -clear to use it.I believed that you knew if you allready check my answer in my test (Ha Ha ^o^),I did many mistake in this part. But now I allready to understans it.
Jeab