AGREEMANT

AGREEMANT

AFFIRMATIVE AGREEMENT

So, too, and also have the same meaning but so is used before auxiliary verbs and too and also are used after auxiliary verbs.

**When a form of the verb be is used in the main clause, the same tense of the verb be is used in the simple statement the follows.

Affirmative statement+

(be)+and + subject +verb (be)+too

so + verb (be) + subject

My wife is happy, and I am too.

My wife is happy and so am I.

**When a compound verb (auxiliary + verb), for example:- will go, should do, has done, have written, must examine, etc, occurs in the main clause, the auxiliary of the main verb is used in the simple statement, and the subject and verb must agree.

Affirmative statement +

and + subject + auxiliary only + too

so +auxiliary only + subject

They will work in the lab tomorrow, and you will too.

They will work in the lab tomorrow, and so will you.

**When any verb except be appears without any auxiliaries in the main clause, the auxiliary do, does, or did is used in the simple statement. The subject and verb must agree and the tense must be the same.

Affirmative statement +

and +subject + do, does, or did+too

so +do,does, or did+subject

Jane goes to that school, and my sister does too.

Jane goes to that school, and so does my sister.

NEGATIVE AGREEMENT

Either and Neither have same meaning but their placement are different Neither is used before auxiliary and either is used after auxiliary verbs and not.

Either and Neither function in simple statements much like so and too in affirmative sentences. However, either and neither are used to indicate negative agreement.

The same rules for auxiliaries, be and do, does, or did apply.

Negative statement + and+,

Subject+negative auxiliary or be+either

Neither +positive auxiliary or be+subject

She won't be going to the conference, and her colleagues won't either.

She won't be going to the conference, and neither will her colleagues.