Affirmative & Negative Agreement

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Affirmative & Negative Agreement

                Affirmative & Negative Agreement is used when we are going to answer someone’s statement. If we agree with the statement he/she says we can use affirmative and negative agreement.

                Affirmative & Negative Agreement is the ways to shorten our reply, we don’t have to repeat all the sentences. We can just go with “I do too” or “Neither do I”.

I.            Affirmative Agreement

Affirmative agreement is divided into 2 types. We can use the word “so” and “too”.

1.       So ( So + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb )

2.       Too ( Subject + Auxiliary  Verb + too )

The difference between “so” and “too” is that “so” is placed in the front of the sentence. But “too” is placed in the end of the sentence. Let’s see the example.

Ann                : I ‘am feeling tired

Brian              : I ‘am feeling tired too

Chad              : Me too

Dan                : So do I

Eli                  : I am too

Ann said that she is tired. Brian replied “I ‘am feeling tired too”. See this is too long. Brian doesn’t have to repeat Ann statement. Chad said “Me too”. He replied with short sentence, but it’s too informal. Dan and Eli is using affirmative agreement to replied Ann. Dan used “so” while Eli used “too”.

II.            Negative Agreement

Like affirmative, negative agreement is also has 2 types.

1.       Neither ( Neither + Auxiliary Verb Positive + Subject)

2.       Either ( Subject + Auxiliary Verb Negative + Either )

The difference between “neither” and “either” is that “neither” is placed in the front of the sentence. But “either” is placed in the end of the sentence. Beside that, if we use “neither” the verb must be positive and for “either” the verb must negative.

Example

Ann                : I never read newspaper

Brian              : Neither do I

Chad              : I don’t either.

Ann said she never reads newspaper. Brian and Chad agree by saying negative agreement. Brian use neither instead of either. Chad use either and the verb has to be negative.

More example

1.       A     : I always have a cup of coffee in the morning.

B     : So do I / I doo too.

2.       A     : I didn’t enjoy the movie last night.

B     : Neither did I/ I didn’t either.

3.       A     : I’ve never been in Brazil.

B     : Neither have I / I haven’t either.

4.       A     : I studied last night.

B     : So did I / I did too.

5.       A     : I don’t have a car.

B     : Neither do I / I don’t either.

Exercise : Group task

5.       Jane would like a cup of coffee, and I would too / So would I.

6.       Maria is wearing jeans today, and Sherly is too / So is Sherly.