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Around or round? Arouse or rouse? As or like? As , because or since? As , when or while? Been or gone? Begin or start? Beside or besides? Between or among? Born or borne? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical? Come or go? Consider or regard? Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than?

Do or make? Down , downwards or downward? During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly?

Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? Finally , at last , lastly or in the end? First , firstly or at first?

Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? This guy does not like Americans, and he also doesn't like French people. Or and Neither Or 'one or another' is used in affirmative sentences to offer a choice between two possibilities, or to express a cause-effect relationship:.

I can serve you either a hot chocolate, or a glass of chilled white wine. You can choose between hot chocolate and chilled white wine. Either you tell me everything you know, or I'll take you to court. You have two options: you tell me everything you know, or I'll take you to court. Nor 'not this one and not that one' is used in negative constructions:.

I have neither the time nor the patience to listen to your stories. I do not have the time and I do not have the patience to listen to your stories. The me is an object, but to be a response to the first statement, it should be a subject. Anyway, object pronouns are starting to do the duty for both in America, so it's only "wrong" for those who are trying to Latinize English. I don't see what's wrong with neither though I started to think about this.

This is what I thought about the "either" or "neither" situation. First, neither "me either" nor "me neither" is a proper use of formal English and I think that is why there is so much confusion. I think that website I pointed you to is correct, and I think I can explain why. You use either with a negative phrase, as in "I do not want to go either". Example 1: I can't wait for Christmas.

You could answer this: "I can't either" or "Neither can I". Both are correct. It is the "can not" of the original statement. Since that is a negative, you should use "either".

If you answer "Me neither", you are changing the unsated verb phrase from "can not" to "can" as in "Neither can I". I think it is improper to do that. Example 2: I don't want to go to the store. You could answer: "I don't want to go either" or "Neither do I" If you say "Me either", the unstated is "don't want to go to the store".

As that is a negative statement, "either" is again, correct. If you say "Me neither", you have changed the unstated phrase to "want to go to the store" as in "Neither do I want to go". But I think you should be affirming or negating what was said. Andy1 Jan You can't say me neither. What you want to say, ideally, is neither do I.

If you don't wanna say that, say I don't, either , which explains why we must say me either and not me neither , in this particular case. American grammar websites and books tend to be very restrictive and authoritarian.

We don't put up with that sort of rubbish down here Australia. A quick check on the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary gives the EE pronunciation first, followed by "also" and the I pronunciation. So either is correct heh, heh. I happen to be an American English speaker living in Texas, and I work for a multinational oil-industry company. A boss I had several years ago who came from Mumbai used the I as well. I would conclude that the I pronunciation is probably used more by people whose speech tends toward the British as spoken in England and her current and former territories.

I am so provincial. Texas was never an English possession, though :. GHadikin Jul A Briton would hardly recognize the construction "Me either," which tends to be an exclusively American grammatical phenomenon in my experience.

Neither is incorrect. It seems useless to debate what it would be in a formal context, since it is hard to imagine in what formal context the phrase would be used. Dave3 Jul Glenn: "Everyone" is not debating punctuation. I was simply attempting to answer Michelle's question. Dave: Love your last para It didn't even occur to me that "Neither is incorrect" had a double-meaning in the context of this discussion.

Do you understand that now? Me neither. I mean either. The last thing they're doing is being "pompous. Kind of like "me shneither. That's just my opinion and observation. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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