Sentence structure: Agreeing: So do I, Neither do I
To say “me too” in English, we often repeat the helping verb: So do I, Neither can I. In everyday speech there are short ways too: Me too, Me neither.
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Patterns
Agreeing with a positive: I love pizza. — So do I. · Agreeing with a negative: I can't whistle. — Neither can I. · Short and casual: I'm hungry. — Me too.
So + helping verb + subject
Example: I like cats.
Example: So do I.
Neither + helping verb + subject
Example: We didn't go to the party.
Example: Neither did we.
One “ben de” in Turkish
Agreeing with a positive sentence.
Example: So do I. / Me too.
Example: Neither do I. / Me neither.
too and either
At the end of a sentence: too for positives, either for negatives. I like it too. I don't like it either. (“I don't like it too” is wrong.)
Question tags: a quick review
Positive sentence → negative tag, with the same helping verb (do).
Example: You like pasta, don't you?
Example: She isn't here, is she?
Tip
After So / Neither the order is inverted: helping verb first, then the subject: So do I, Neither can she. (“So I do” or “Neither I can” don't mean “me too”.)
Position 6 of 9 chapters at B1.