Comment utiliser neither ?
Comment utiliser neither ?
On utilise neither avec un verbe à la forme affirmative. → I don't like spinach. – Neither do I. En revanche, si le verbe est déjà à la forme négative, on utilise either pour éviter une double négation.
Quand utiliser NOR ou neither ?
nor…, par contre, est utilisé quand la phrase est négative en français, toujours quand on parle de deux choses : He speaks neither Spanish nor Italian. Il ne parle ni l'espagnol ni l'italien. Notons que le verbe en anglais est à l'affirmative, comme si le n de neither et de nor veut dire négatif ou négation.
Comment utiliser So et Neither en anglais ?
So et Neither - cours. Pour exprimer la similitude ('Moi aussi', 'Moi non plus'), on construit des phrases brèves contenant un sujet comme les 'question-tags'. Exemple : He began music, didn't he ?
Comment utiliser SO en anglais ?
So et Such
- Ex : It is so nice ! = C'est si joli ! ...
- She was so happy. = ...
- ex : He is such a funny man (et non : a such funny man) = C'est un homme tellement drôle ! ...
- I was so tired that I fell asleep at once = J'étais si fatigué que je me suis endormi tout de suite.
- A vous de jouer, complétez avec so ou such !
When to use either or neither?
- In negation: either comes last and combines with a negated verb; neither comes first and combines with a positive verb.
- Alone: either means “one of the two”; neither means “none of the two.” Use a singular verb.
- Either combines with or; neither combines with nor.
How do you use neither in a sentence?
- "Neither" is a singular adjective and can be paired with "nor" in a sentence. "Neither" is never paired with "or". When using "neither" in a sentence, you are saying not the first object and not the second object are behaving in a certain way. The nouns/pronouns are in agreement with one another.
What is the difference between neither and nor?
- The main difference between nor and or is that nor is generally used with negative statements whereas or is used with positive statements. In addition, ‘or’ is typically used with ‘either’ whereas, ‘nor’ is associated with ‘neither‘.
Is it neither or neither?
- The answer is that "neither [one]" still takes a singular verb. "Neither" means that given two choices, both are to be individually rejected. Therefore a singular verb is required. If you want to refer to the duo and reject them, you should say something like "both are not".
