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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Use of either
Dear Teacher,
According to Michael Swan (the author of Practical English Grammar), “either” goes in the end position of a negative sentence. For examples;
1) “If we don't do the right thing, other nations won't either”.
2) “ John doesn’t like bread, and doesn’t either”
Is such a regulation being applied in the following sentence?;
"if you say that men are imperfect; we, women are not either"
Does the word "imperfect" signifies negative statement as well as "are not"?. Brief me a bit. please.
TQ
According to Michael Swan (the author of Practical English Grammar), “either” goes in the end position of a negative sentence. For examples;
1) “If we don't do the right thing, other nations won't either”.
2) “ John doesn’t like bread, and doesn’t either”
Is such a regulation being applied in the following sentence?;
"if you say that men are imperfect; we, women are not either"
Does the word "imperfect" signifies negative statement as well as "are not"?. Brief me a bit. please.
TQ
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"Imperfect" is a whole adjective, so I think you shouldn't use it that way. You may change it to "not perfect" though. S.
- "Imperfect" is a whole adjective, so I think you shouldn't use it that way.
- You may change it to "not perfect" though.
- S.
- You probably should upgrade your browser because it doesn't seem to work rightly with this forum.
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"Imperfect" is a whole adjective, so I think you shouldn't use it that way. You may change it to "not perfect" though.
Anton
P.S. You probably should upgrade your browser because it doesn't seem to work rightly with this forum.
Anton
P.S. You probably should upgrade your browser because it doesn't seem to work rightly with this forum.
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"if you say that men are imperfect; we, women are not either"
This sentence is saying that men are imperfect and women are not imperfect also. This makes no sense because "either" makes the sentence contradictory with respect to itself. The word "imperfect" does NOT signify a negative statement for sentence structure.
If you want to say that both men and women are
This sentence is saying that men are imperfect and women are not imperfect also. This makes no sense because "either" makes the sentence contradictory with respect to itself. The word "imperfect" does NOT signify a negative statement for sentence structure.
If you want to say that both men and women are
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