Back to Tables | word | when do we use it? | example
| too
| after positive statements when something is
true about one person and a second.
| He likes chocolate. I like it too.
| It is raining. Yesterday it was raining too. so
| after positive statements
| so+verb+subject I like cookies. So do I.
| either
| after negative statements
| negative+verb+either I don't like reading newspapers.
| I don't either. or
| either can be used with or to talk about
two or more possibilities.
| Either she leaves or I will.
| neither and nor
| After negative statements we use
| neither+positive verb+subject I didn`t do my homework.
| Neither did I. It is used to join together to negative
ideas.
| Neither Kate nor Julia was sitting in
the
cafeteria.
| both ... and
| like neither... nor but in positive
structures
| usually the same kind of words follow both and and. Ex. noun+noun or verb+verb He likes both winter and
summer
| He can both sing and dance |
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