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LouiST Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
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'He was sick, so was I / so I was.'
I do understand such sentences, but I don't know how to use it by my own. Does anybody have a good explanation to this?
Hope you know what I mean.
LS
I do understand such sentences, but I don't know how to use it by my own. Does anybody have a good explanation to this?
Hope you know what I mean.
LS
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louiST Hope you know what I mean. Not exactly. In this group of four, all of them mean the same thing.
- louiST Hope you know what I mean.
- Not exactly.
- In this group of four, all of them mean the same thing.
- He was sick.
- I was sick too.
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louiSTHope you know what I mean.Not exactly. In this group of four, all of them mean the same thing.
He was sick. I was sick too.
He was sick. I was too.
He was sick. So was I. (You invert after "so".)
He was sick, and so was I.
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More examples.
I am tall, an
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Thank you.
But I guess I have some difficulties with the punctuation.
If I want to do it in one sentence, is a comma and an 'and' needed?
I am tall, and so are you. (Would: I am tall, so are you. or I am tall so are you. be wrong?)
I am tall. So are you. (Would 'I am tall. And so are you.' or 'I am tall and so are you.' be wr
But I guess I have some difficulties with the punctuation.
If I want to do it in one sentence, is a comma and an 'and' needed?
I am tall, and so are you. (Would: I am tall, so are you. or I am tall so are you. be wrong?)
I am tall. So are you. (Would 'I am tall. And so are you.' or 'I am tall and so are you.' be wr
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Here are the correct variants.
I am tall. So are you. (two sentences)
I am tall; so are you. (semi-colon)
I am tall, and so are you. (comma, and)
I am tall. And so are you. (two sentences with And)
The last one is just borderline correct. Some style manuals claim that it is wrong.
CJ
I am tall. So are you. (two sentences)
I am tall; so are you. (semi-colon)
I am tall, and so are you. (comma, and)
I am tall. And so are you. (two sentences with And)
The last one is just borderline correct. Some style manuals claim that it is wrong.
CJ
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And one more thing:
The negative form...
1) He wasn't sick, and so he was. ?
2) He wasn't sick, and neither he was. ?
3) He wasn't sick, and neither he wasn't. ?
4) He wasn't sick, and he wasn't either?
5) He wasn't sick, and so he wasn't. ?
6) He wasn't sick, and neither was he.
7) ...
8) ...
I have no clue, but if I had to guess, I would probably
The negative form...
1) He wasn't sick, and so he was. ?
2) He wasn't sick, and neither he was. ?
3) He wasn't sick, and neither he wasn't. ?
4) He wasn't sick, and he wasn't either?
5) He wasn't sick, and so he wasn't. ?
6) He wasn't sick, and neither was he.
7) ...
8) ...
I have no clue, but if I had to guess, I would probably
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louiSTI have no clue, but if I had to guess, I would probably say: 6 (or 4)...Is this correct?
Or should it be:
If I had to guess, I would probably be saying 6 or 4. ?
Thanks!
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louiSTif I had to guess, I would probably say ...Correct.
The negative form...
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I don't even have a grammar book anymore.
We used to work with these, but these books were about grammar like verbs 'be' or 'have' and 'do/does' haha..
Our teacher is not very into grammar stuff, so we have been reading a lot and actually it has really helped. I mean I have gotten to know all tenses and a lot vocabulary and just the basic English
We used to work with these, but these books were about grammar like verbs 'be' or 'have' and 'do/does' haha..
Our teacher is not very into grammar stuff, so we have been reading a lot and actually it has really helped. I mean I have gotten to know all tenses and a lot vocabulary and just the basic English
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