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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
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also? Adding a negative statement to a positive one
0 Hi, 02 br
00 I know if I want to add a positive statement to another positive one, I can use "too", "also", "as well". 02 br
00 I know if I want to add a negative statement to another negative one, I can use "either". 02 br
00 But what if I want to add a negative statement to a positive one? Example: 02 br
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01 b 00 -I heard you also have a PC in the living room. 02 br
00 -No, I have one in my room, but I (also?) don't (also?) have one in the living room (also?/too?). 02 br
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00 My PC works very well now. I installed Flash Player 9 and updated the system. I (also?) don't (also?) need to use that bad-looking player anymore, I finally got the default one to open web radios. 02 b 02 br
02 br
00 ...and so on. What do I have to do in similar cases? Thank you in advance 05 0 010id 1
00 I know if I want to add a positive statement to another positive one, I can use "too", "also", "as well". 02 br
00 I know if I want to add a negative statement to another negative one, I can use "either". 02 br
00 But what if I want to add a negative statement to a positive one? Example: 02 br
02 br
01 b 00 -I heard you also have a PC in the living room. 02 br
00 -No, I have one in my room, but I (also?) don't (also?) have one in the living room (also?/too?). 02 br
02 br
00 My PC works very well now. I installed Flash Player 9 and updated the system. I (also?) don't (also?) need to use that bad-looking player anymore, I finally got the default one to open web radios. 02 b 02 br
02 br
00 ...and so on. What do I have to do in similar cases? Thank you in advance 05 0 010id 1
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12 br 10 But what if I want to add a negative statement to a positive one? 12 br 12 br 10 My PC works very well now. I installed Flash Player 9 and updated the system.
- 12 br 10 But what if I want to add a negative statement to a positive one?
- 12 br 12 br 10 My PC works very well now.
- I installed Flash Player 9 and updated the system.
- and so on.
- What do I have to do in similar cases?
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01 cite 10 Kooyeen 12 cite 10 Hi, 12 br
10 I know if I want to add a positive statement to another positive one, I can use "too", "also", "as well". 12 br
10 I know if I want to add a negative statement to another negative one, I can use "either". 12 br
10 But what if I want to add a negative statement to a positive o
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0 01 i 00 also 02 i 00 and 01 i 00 either 02 i 00 can only add to the same polarity already present. They can't contradict it. So neither 01 i 00 also 02 i 00 nor 01 i 00 either 02 i 00 makes sense. It seems to me that the simplest solution is to use 01 i 00 but not 02 i 00 , or 01 i 00 on the other ha
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0 Thank you very much, 02 br
00 I think I'd better avoid any weird structure... But do you mean that "also" is 01 i 01 b 00 never 02 b 02 i 00 used together with "not" or other negations (in negative sentences)? 02 br
00 For example, is it odd used this way? 02 br
01 b 00 I sing in the shower, in my car, when I'm drunk... but not also
00 I think I'd better avoid any weird structure... But do you mean that "also" is 01 i 01 b 00 never 02 b 02 i 00 used together with "not" or other negations (in negative sentences)? 02 br
00 For example, is it odd used this way? 02 br
01 b 00 I sing in the shower, in my car, when I'm drunk... but not also
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0 01 i 00 ... but not also when I'm on the train? ... but not also in Mexico? 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 but not also 02 i 00 doesn't ring true to me as idiomatic English, but I suppose it's acceptable. Maybe I've been thinking too hard about it, and everything is starting to sound wrong! 02 br
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00 I think I'd use a wordier expre
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01 i 00 but not also 02 i 00 doesn't ring true to me as idiomatic English, but I suppose it's acceptable. Maybe I've been thinking too hard about it, and everything is starting to sound wrong! 02 br
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00 I think I'd use a wordier expre
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