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Viceidol Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A: I have few friends. B:________do I.
May I ask which answer should be used in the following questions? "So", "Neither", or both ? Thank you very much!
A: I have nothing to do. B: _____ do I.
A: I have few friends. B:________do I.
A: I seldom go there. B:_________do I.
A: I have nothing to do. B: _____ do I.
A: I have few friends. B:________do I.
A: I seldom go there. B:_________do I.
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Which would you choose, Viceidol?
- Which would you choose, Viceidol?
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Those are common questions from grammer tests in Taiwan's junior high schools. Our local English text books insist that we should use "neither", for there is a negative adjective "few" in the front sentence, so we should use negative "neither" as well. What do you think of that? Thank you.
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I think that they shouldn't insist. These are spoken English. A native speaker would use 'neither' for #1 certainly, and most probably for #3, but 'few' is too far away from negation to demand 'neither' and might well draw a 'so' from many competent native speakers.
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