| 10-E) So & Neither: agreement (Learn English with Valen) | 
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				UNIT 10 lesson E | 
Here you will learn to agree. Read the explanations and then watch this video and the others.
POSITIVE AGREEMENT
 
 To express positive agreement we use: SO + Auxiliary* + Subject
 If there is no auxiliary in the sentence, we use DO:
 
 - I live in London and so does Susan = I live in London & Susan lives in  London.
 
 Tom: I like pizza
 Sean: So do I 
 = Tom likes pizza and Sean likes pizza too
 
 
 * special verbs that never use DO (auxiliaries and modals): to be, have,  can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might. These verbs are repeated in  the second part of this construction:
 
 - I can speak French
 - So can my sister
 (= I can speak French and your sister can speak French)
 
 - Peter will go to London for the weekend and so will his sister = Peter  will go to London & his sister will go to London
 - I'm going to stay here and so are you = I'm going to stay here &  you are going to stay here
 
 Colloquial 
 We can use SUBJECT + TOO for all the sentences.
 
 - I like pizza 
 - Me too
 
 - I can speak French
 - My sister too
 
 - Peter will go to London for the weekend and his sister too
 - I can speak French and you too
 
 NEGATIVE AGREEMENT
 
 To express negative agreement we use: NEITHER + Auxiliary + Subject
 The word NEITHER can be pronounced N + I + THER or N + EE + THER. In BrE  	they use the first form, with a diphthong, but some people use the second  	form. In AmE everybody uses the second form.
 
 NEITHER is a negative word so it is used with an affirmative verb form (we can't  have a double negative in a sentence).
 
 I don't live in Rome and neither does Susan = I don't live in Rome & Susan  doesn't live in Rome.
 
 Tom: I don't like pizza
 Sean: Neither do I
 = Tom doesn't like pizza and Sean doesn't like pizza
 
 - I can't speak French
 - Neither can my sister
 = I can't speak French and your sister can't speak French
 
 - Peter won't go to London for the weekend and neither will you
 - I'm not going to stay here and neither are you
 
 Colloquial 
 Me neither    (we can only use it with the subject "Me", but  	not with other subjects)
 
 - I don't like pizza
 - Me neither
 
 - I can't speak French
- Neither can my sister (you can't say: My sister neither)