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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
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He has no child, and I have no child too/either

Hi,

Can you tell me which one is correct?
He has no child, and I have no child too/either.

Personally I think "too“ is correct. But I need your confirmation.
Thank you.
  

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stephenlearner He has no child, and I have no child too/either. This is my choice: He has no child, and I have no child either. The general idea is that either is used with negative sentences and too/as well with positive ones.

  • stephenlearner He has no child, and I have no child too/either.
  • This is my choice: He has no child, and I have no child either.
  • The general idea is that either is used with negative sentences and too/as well with positive ones.
  • Prajwal
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stephenlearnerHe has no child, and I have no child too/either.
This is my choice:
He has no child, and I have no child either.

The general idea is that either is used with negative sentences and too/as well with positive ones.

Prajwal
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Thank you very much.

But "he has no child" is a positve sentence in form, I suppose.
If it is a negative sentence, what tag question do you use?
He has no child, does he? / doesn't he?

And please look at this dialogue:
A: He has no child.
B: ( ). He has a child. No?
B: ( ). He doesn't have any child. Yes?
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stephenlearnerIf it is a negative sentence, what tag question do you use?He has no child, does he? / doesn't he?
He has no child, does he?
He has a child, doesn't he?
stephenlearnerAnd please look at this dialogue:
I am very sorry, but I am unable to interpret that No and Yes. I could do with
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Thank you.

I am sorry to have made my meaning ambiguous. Actually, I wanted to ask what word to put in the parenthesis.
A: He has no child.
B:
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These are natural:

He has a child.
He doesn't have any children.
He does not have a child.
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stephenlearnerAnd please look at this dialogue:
A: He has no child.
B: ( ). He has a child. No?
B: ( ). He doesn't have any child. Yes?
I'm sorry, but this doesn't qualify as a dialog to my ear. Those responses by B are inappropriate. In reality the dialog would go more like this:

A: He has no child.
B: He

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