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Trolley Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

What does it mean?

One of my friend told me that she hadn't had a good meal for long and said"The meal was not impressive either". What does this mean?
  

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trolley "The meal was not impressive either". What does this mean? It was OK, but not the best meal she had ever eaten.

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  • trolley "The meal was not impressive either".
  • What does this mean?
  • It was OK, but not the best meal she had ever eaten.
  • She was not impressed by the flavors, presentation, combination of ingredients, style of cooking, etc.
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trolley"The meal was not impressive either". What does this mean?
It was OK, but not the best meal she had ever eaten. She was not impressed by the flavors, presentation, combination of ingredients, style of cooking, etc.
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It means that the meal was not impressive. The 'either' there implies that something else, besides the meal, was also not impressive (the service perhaps).
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Ivanhrsomething else besides the meal was also not impressive (the service perhaps).
Or the decor of the restaurant, or the waiting time to get a table, or the snootiness of the maitre d', or the paucity of the wine cellar.
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Does it sound natural.to native speaker? I thought using neither here is better.
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IvanhrIt means that the meal was not impressive. The 'too' there implies that something else, besides the meal, was also not impressive (the service perhaps).
So it means the word "either" here means "too"? What if I use neither?
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Either is correct here. Here it suggests "also".
Neither is normally paired with nor.
Neither the food, nor the service were good.
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1. "'all too' impressive" would have sounded fitting as the idea of the speaker would've been to opt for an impressive meal anyway. That she is not impressed would obviously mean that she's not satisfied with the 'impressive meal' that was offered to her. Just 'impressive' redundant.

2. It should've been 'friends' not 'friend'; but this could've been a typo.

3. I can't quite tel
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Thanks Effector:)
I am still training my accuracy of English, so thanks for pointing out my grammar errors:)
I wonder what are the differences between using 'for long' and 'quite a long time'?
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trolleyI wonder what are the differences between using 'for long' and 'quite a long time'?
"For long" (in a negative context) is a time expression which means a short time period starting now now and going on to a future time.
He just stepped out for a moment . He won't be gone for long. Please have a seat. (You can say
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AlpheccaStars"In / for (quite) a long time" is a time expression which means a long time period starting in the past and ending at the present:
I would add that "for a long time" can also be used of future time periods, as in "He'll be gone for a long time".
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