Gramática inglesa de nivel avanzado paso a paso (English Grammar Step by Step)
UNIT 5 - The key
SO, NEITHER, NOR, EITHER
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a So has mine b So am I c So does Peter d So did my grandmother e So should they f So does Amanda g So will I h So does Michael i So do the people next door j So are you
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a and so is that one b and so is Molly c and so does hers d and so does my aunt e and so is Nancy f and so does her husband g and so does your partner h and so does Richard i and so did his cousin j and so did she
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a Neither will theirs b Neither was Gertrude c Neither does her son d Neither will we e Neither did you f Neither could my niece g Neither was my nephew h Neither did his cousin i Neither was Gloria j Neither do we
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a and neither does Alan b and neither does Linda c and neither is she d and neither was her husband e and neither were the restaurants f and neither does my stepdaughter g and neither did my friends h and neither did they i and neither will she j and neither need my sister
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a So will I; and so will I b Neither was Rita; and neither was Rita c So were we d and so should you e Neither will he; and neither will he f Neither can I g So should your partner; and so should your partner h So does her father; and so does her father i Neither did my children; and neither did my children j So have we; and so have we k So does her husband; and so does her husband l So did his lawyer; and so did his lawyer m Neither did Constance; and neither did Constance n So did my literature teacher; and so did my literature teacher o So did his; and so did his p So did her sister; and so did her sister q So did my mum; and so did my mum r So did mine s So has her sister; and so has her sister t So did Philippa; and so did Philippa u Neither did Nicola; and neither did Nicola v Neither was her brother; and neither was her brother w So did they; and so did they x So are we y So is the main character in my novel z So is her man; and so is her man
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a She didn't either; and she didn't either b We don't either; and we don't either c We don't either d Sarah can't either; and Sarah can't either e We haven't either; and we haven't either f The restaurant wasn't either; and the restaurant wasn't either g Sheila can't either; and Sheila can't either h Peter won't either; and Peter won't either i Her boy-friend isn't either; and her boy-friend isn't either j Her mother wasn't either; and her mother wasn't either
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a Either; or; will make b Either; or; will be expelled c of; is d nor; tolerates e Neither; are f or; made g (either); or h or i Neither; is j neither; nor
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a does she dress b dresses c do they wish d will Miss Wright e were f will they find g does he h was i are j did he buy
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a Neither her argument nor yours holds water; Her argument does not hold water, and/but neither does yours (or ...and/but yours does not either) b She is permissive, and/but so is her husband c Neither Marilyn nor John stumbled over a piece of wood; Marilyn didn't stumble over a piece of wood, and/but neither did John (or ...and/but John didn't either) d —He flowers withered —So did his e —I won't tow his car to the local garage —Neither will I f Your handwriting is illegible, and/but so is hers g We shall have to close the shop down, and/but so will they h Either Ann or Molly is always picking on me for the worst jobs in this factory i I fell for her, and/but so did my friend j I know this area like the back of my hand, and/but so does she k She neither blushes nor smiles l Neither of the boys/Neither (boy) objected to my smoking in the room m Neither they nor I own a walled garden; They don't own a walled garden, and/but neither do I (or ...and/but I don't either) n Either Tom or George poisoned me o Neither Mark nor his niece missed the bus; Mark didn't missed the bus, and/but neither did his niece (or ...and/but his niece didn't either) p Either you give me a lollipop or I'll tell dad q Either you spill the beans or you will end up in a remand home r He is very immature for his age, and/but so are you s Neither Eric nor Luke is searching for adventure; Eric is not searching for adventure, and/but neither is Luke (or ...and/but Luke isn't either) t Neither she nor he will take bribes; She won't take bribes; and/but neither will he (or ...and/but he won't either) u Either of the two men will suit me perfectly/Either (man) will suit me perfectly v Neither you nor I care a damn; I don't care a damn, and/but neither do you (or ...and you don't either) w —I was fined two hundred pounds for dangerous driving —So were we x —I don't dread crocodiles —Neither do I y Either you get rid of that horrendous toy or you'll be punished z His foster-brother lives for his wedding day, and/but so does his future wife
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Nor can be used instead of neither.
But may replace and.
Nor may be used in place of neither.
As has been seen earlier, but may be used instead of and.
See footnote 6 (section 4).
See footnote 5 (section 3).
Author: Miquel Molina i Diez
Pages: 1 and the key
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Contents
Introduction
Notes
1 Negative and interrogative sentences (Page 2 and the key)
2 Short answers (Page 2 and the key)
3 Question tags (Page 2 and the key)
4 Questions and exclamations (Page 2 and the key)
5 So, neither, nor, either (the key)
6 Be, used to, would, be/get/become used to, dare, have, get, become, grow, go, turn, fall and feel (Page 2 and the key)
7 Verb tenses: forms (Page 2 and the key)
8 Irregular verbs
9 Verb tenses: uses (Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5 and the key)
10 Personal pronouns, possessives and reflexive pronouns (Page 2 and the key)
11 The genitive case (the key)
12 Singular and plural nouns (Page 2 and the key)
13 Gender (the key)
14 A, an, some, any, no, not, none, each, every and the; compounds of some, any, no and every (Page 2, Page 3 and the key)
15 Neither, not...either, none, not...any, both and all (the key)
16 A few, few, a lot, lots, a little, little, many, much, no and plenty (the key)
17 Enough, too, so and such (the key)
18 Comparative and superlative sentences (Page 2 and the key)
19 Adjective order (the key)
20 Relative clauses (Page 2 and the key)
21 Do and make (the key)
22 Modal verbs (Page 2, Page 3 and the key)
23 Infinitives, gerunds and present participles (Page 2 and the key)
24 Conditional sentences (Page 2 and the key)
25 Passive sentences (the key)
26 Reported speech (Page 2 and the key)
27 Purpose (the key)
28 Word order (the key)
29 Inversion (the key)
30 Connectors (Page 2 and the key)
31 Prepositions (Page 2, Page 3 and the key)
32 Phrasal verbs (the key)
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