Expressing agreement
Expressing likes and dislikes, agreeing and disagreeing using “so” and ”neither”
A conversation between “Bob” and “Sandy”.
Sandy: Say, do you want to go out to dinner tonight?
Bob: Sure. Where would you like to go?
Sandy: Well what do you think of Indian food?
Bob: I love it, but I’m not really in the mood for it today.
Sandy: Neither am I. I guess it’s too spicy.
Bob: What about Japanese food?
Sandy: Oh! I like it a lot.
Bob: I do, too and I know a Japanese restaurant near here... It’s called “IROHA Restaurant”.
Sandy: I have always wanted to go there.
Bob: So have I. Let’s go.
- I like Indian food
So do I = me too
- I don’t like spicy food.
Neither do I = me too.
- We use “so” to agree with a positive statement:
So + auxiliary + subject pronoun.
A: I am very tired.
B: So, am I.
We use “Neither” to agree with a negative statement.
Neither + auxiliary + subject pronoun
A: I am not ready.
B: Neither am I
The auxiliary used to express agreement must be the same as the tense used in the statement.