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"also" in negative statements
Hi everybody!
As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that essentially have the same German equivalent "auch."
My question now is whether "also" can be used in negative statements or if it restricted to postive statements just as "too."
Example:
They don't like the food and they also don't like the music.
Does that seem to be an acceptable English sentence to you native speakers? Could there be a pondian difference between AE and BE?
Thanks for your help!
Pete
As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that essentially have the same German equivalent "auch."
My question now is whether "also" can be used in negative statements or if it restricted to postive statements just as "too."
Example:
They don't like the food and they also don't like the music.
Does that seem to be an acceptable English sentence to you native speakers? Could there be a pondian difference between AE and BE?
Thanks for your help!
Pete
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[nq:1]Hi everybody! As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that ... and they also don't like the music.
- [nq:1]Hi everybody!
- As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that ...
- and they also don't like the music.
- [/nq] Yes.
- [/nq] BE does not count not since WWII.
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[nq:1]Hi everybody! As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that ... and they also don't like the music. Does that seem to be an acceptable English sentence to you native speaker=s?[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]Could there be a pondian difference between AE and BE?[/nq]
BE does not count not since WWII.
GFH
Yes.
[nq:1]Could there be a pondian difference between AE and BE?[/nq]
BE does not count not since WWII.
GFH
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[nq:1]Hi everybody! As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that ... and they also don't like the music. Does that seem to be an acceptable English sentence to you native speakers?[/nq]
It sounds OK to me, although in everyday usage I'd probably not insert the "also" the parallel structure provides sufficient strength to link the two statemen
It sounds OK to me, although in everyday usage I'd probably not insert the "also" the parallel structure provides sufficient strength to link the two statemen
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[nq:1]Hi everybody! As a native speaker of German I have had to learn the difference between "too" and "either" that ... to be an acceptable English sentence to you native speakers? Could there be a pondian difference between AE and BE?[/nq]
Yo me (BrE) 'also' feels slightly wrong in a negative sentence.
Your example wouldn't be terrible in informal English, but it would be unusual. A
Yo me (BrE) 'also' feels slightly wrong in a negative sentence.
Your example wouldn't be terrible in informal English, but it would be unusual. A
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[nq:1]On 01 Jun 2009, Pete wrote[/nq]
The sentence "They don't like the food and they also don't like the music" is fine. For perfection, I would add a comma after "food".
While, "also" can be used in both (either) positive or negative statements, "too" should be used only in positive statements. I cringe each time I hear that line in John Lennon's song "Imagine" - the line which ends
The sentence "They don't like the food and they also don't like the music" is fine. For perfection, I would add a comma after "food".
While, "also" can be used in both (either) positive or negative statements, "too" should be used only in positive statements. I cringe each time I hear that line in John Lennon's song "Imagine" - the line which ends
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[nq:2]On 01 Jun 2009, Pete wrote It sounds OK to ... two statements. Not certain, but I'm not aware of one.[/nq]
[nq:1]The sentence "They don't like the food and they also don't like the music" is fine. For perfection, I would ... each time I hear that line in John Lennon's song "Imagine" - the line which ends "And no religion too".[/nq]
I cringe every time I hear the line "imagine no poss
[nq:1]The sentence "They don't like the food and they also don't like the music" is fine. For perfection, I would ... each time I hear that line in John Lennon's song "Imagine" - the line which ends "And no religion too".[/nq]
I cringe every time I hear the line "imagine no poss
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[nq:1]On 02 Jun 2009, Ian Jackson wrote[/nq]
[nq:1]I cringe every time I hear the line "imagine no possessions/I wonder if you can". Note that the lyric's "I ... comparatively very little and only one or two paycheques away from being broke, can "imagine no possessions"? Pompous, patronising prat.[/nq]
I don't get it. Why patronizing? Patronizing whom?
Marshall Price of Miami
[nq:1]I cringe every time I hear the line "imagine no possessions/I wonder if you can". Note that the lyric's "I ... comparatively very little and only one or two paycheques away from being broke, can "imagine no possessions"? Pompous, patronising prat.[/nq]
I don't get it. Why patronizing? Patronizing whom?
Marshall Price of Miami
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[nq:1]They don't like the food. Or the music. More emphatic.[/nq]
But that's poor punctuation, making a sentence fragment, when you could just have easily left the sentence intact.
Marshall Price of Miami
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But that's poor punctuation, making a sentence fragment, when you could just have easily left the sentence intact.
Marshall Price of Miami
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[nq:2]They don't like the food. Or the music. More emphatic.[/nq]
[nq:1]But that's poor punctuation, making a sentence fragment, when you could just have easily left the sentence intact.[/nq]
Strictly a matter of style.
Bob Lieblich
Fragmenting them sentences
[nq:1]But that's poor punctuation, making a sentence fragment, when you could just have easily left the sentence intact.[/nq]
Strictly a matter of style.
Bob Lieblich
Fragmenting them sentences
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[nq:2]But that's poor punctuation, making a sentence fragment, when you could just have easily left the sentence intact.[/nq]
[nq:1]Strictly a matter of style.[/nq]
I suppose so, but if I heard somebody say it out loud, and I quoted them in print, I'd try editing it for print, assuming they'd have punctuated it nicely if they were writing it out themselves.
Yuck. Can't say I like
[nq:1]Strictly a matter of style.[/nq]
I suppose so, but if I heard somebody say it out loud, and I quoted them in print, I'd try editing it for print, assuming they'd have punctuated it nicely if they were writing it out themselves.
Yuck. Can't say I like
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