You had better not go there, ______

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pieanne

#444829 Wed, 21 Nov 07 03:09 PM

Oh, I see! Smile [:)]

pieanne

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Yoong Liat

#444857 Wed, 21 Nov 07 05:03 PM

Marius Hancu wrote:
I'd suggest:

You had better not go there, and neither should John.

I agree.

Yoong Liat

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Kooyeen

#444861 Wed, 21 Nov 07 05:10 PM

Hi,
how about:

You'd better not go there, and John neither.

I'm not sure the above sentence would be ok, even though this one should be, right?

You'd better not go there, and him neither.

Thanks Smile [:)]

Kooyeen

Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005

Italy

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Yoong Liat

#444878 Wed, 21 Nov 07 05:59 PM

Hi Kooyeen

I don't think your sentences are correct.

Yoong Liat

Yankee

#445003 Thu, 22 Nov 07 02:08 AM

Kooyeen wrote:
Hi,
how about:

You'd better not go there, and John neither.

I'm not sure the above sentence would be ok, even though this one should be, right?

You'd better not go there, and him neither.

Thanks

In informal spoken English, the 'd will most likely disappear completely, leaving us with this in the first half of the sentence:
You better not go there,

I can imagine the second half of that sentence this way:
You better not go there, and John better not either.

Yankee

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Connecticut, USA

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Kooyeen

#445235 Thu, 22 Nov 07 06:28 PM

Hmm, yes, that might sound good!
But why is "him neither" wrong? I was told I can use "neither" with pronouns, but I'm not sure about other subjects:

She doesn't have a car. And him neither. = He doesn't have a car either. <-- Should be ok.
She doesn't have a car. And John neither. <--- Not sure it's ok, I guess it's not.

Kooyeen

Nouns, Pronouns

Yoong Liat

#445368 Fri, 23 Nov 07 03:26 AM

Kooyeen wrote:
Hmm, yes, that might sound good!
But why is "him neither" wrong? I was told I can use "neither" with pronouns, but I'm not sure about other subjects:

She doesn't have a car. And him neither. = He doesn't have a car either. <-- Should be ok.
She doesn't have a car. And John neither. <--- Not sure it's ok, I guess it's not.

I would write "She doesn't have a car and neither does he."

"She doesn't have a car and neither does she."

Yoong Liat

Nouns, Pronouns

Yankee

#445479 Fri, 23 Nov 07 01:33 PM

Kooyeen wrote:
Hmm, yes, that might sound good!
But why is "him neither" wrong? I was told I can use "neither" with pronouns, but I'm not sure about other subjects:

She doesn't have a car. And him neither. = He doesn't have a car either. <-- Should be ok.
She doesn't have a car. And John neither. <--- Not sure it's ok, I guess it's not.

Hi Kooyeen

While I won't rule out the possibility that someone might possibly use "him neither" or "and John neither" on occasion, both sound pretty awful to my ear -- even for informal spoken English.

Yankee

Nouns, Pronouns

Yoong Liat

#445510 Fri, 23 Nov 07 04:04 PM

Hi Kooyeen

She doesn't have a car. And him neither. = He doesn't have a car either. <-- Should be ok.

Based on your sentence "He doesn't have a car either" the negative sentence should be "He neither has a car." Is the negative sentence grammatical?

Best wishes

Yoong Liat

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