English Grammar - Either and Neither

英语语法 - 要么和既不

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2026-08-21

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  • In English, when someone says a sentence in the negative form, such as I don't like sushi or I'm not busy,

  • you can show that you agree with them in a few different ways by using the words either, and neither.

  • Let me show you how.

  • Let's use the example of someone saying, I don't like sushi.

  • If you want to agree with them and say that you don't like sushi just like they don't like it,

  • there are a few things you could say.

  • One option is to say, I don't either.

  • You keep the same negative don't contraction and just say either afterwards.

  • I don't either.

  • Another option is to say neither do I.

  • It means the same thing as I don't either, but it's a little bit more formal and proper.

  • In the phrase neither do I, we take the word don't from the original sentence and change it to do.

  • And then we invert, meaning we put the subject after the verb.

  • Instead of neither I do, we say neither do I.

  • So if someone says I don't like sushi, you can agree with them by saying neither do I.

  • Here's another example of that structure.

  • If someone says I haven't been to Europe before, you can tell them that you haven't been by saying Neither have I.

  • In this case, we change the haven't to have, and then we put the subject after the verb.

  • Neither have I.

  • Here's one more way you can agree with someone's negative sentence.