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liewsusfah
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A query
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Q1) I don�t want to go shopping.
A1) Neither do I.
Q2) I went for the movie yesterday.
A1) So did I.
Which is the answer for the following:
Q3) I refused to accept his apologies.
a) So did I
b) Neither did I. |
23 Jun 2013
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liewsusfah
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refused : didn �t want
3) I refused to accept his apologies.
a) So did I
b) Neither did I.
becomes
4) I didn �t want to accept his apologies.
So what is the answer now?
We look at the negative statement or the negative word (i.e didn �t/no etc).
Which is which now???
Any say from the linguistics experts?
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24 Jun 2013
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ueslteacher
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You don �t need to be an expert to sort out such things. All you need is a good grammar reference. Sophia
P.S. You look for negation in the sentence, i.e. didn �t/don �t/can �t/ hasn �t/wasn �t, etc. then you use neither/nor+auxilary/modal |
24 Jun 2013
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yanogator
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Q2: I went to a movie, not for a movie. Also, it would be "to a movie" or "to the movies", not "to the movie", unless the conversation was already about a specific movie. Bruce
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24 Jun 2013
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liewsusfah
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Thank you very much. Guess i �d learnt a great deal from you guys.
Have a nice day. |
24 Jun 2013
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