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| Thread ID: 64172 | 2005-12-06 03:05:00 | Sorry about that outage .... | Biggles (121) | PC World Chat |
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| 410589 | 2005-12-06 05:18:00 | Well, it wasnt me... Personally I think the festivities musta kicked off a little early at the IDG Headquarters, I can just picture a drunken Bruce and the patch-panel room having fun :D Hell, a drunken anybody would have fun in that kinda room!!! I musta missed the whole thing, I was out n about.... My trusty cellphone could have saved the day! rm -rf / |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 410590 | 2005-12-06 05:44:00 | me either.............. So, this means that Mary can also say "neither do I"? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 410591 | 2005-12-07 00:15:00 | 'either' is correct in this instance, there were other denials in addition to Mary's so she was just adding her name to the list. You will often see either coupled with or and neither coupled with nor, as in 'neither this nor that' & 'either this or that'. This must be Leave Myself Wide Open week for Billy. "me either" in Mary's case could only be correct English if it were a) used by an American, or b) preceeded by the word "nor". Also, re your argument that there were "other denials"... um correct me if I'm wrong, but there was only one denial beforehand. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 410592 | 2005-12-07 00:27:00 | This must be Leave Myself Wide Open week for Billy . "me either" in Mary's case could only be correct English if it were a) used by an American, or b) preceeded by the word "nor" . Mary's statement was "me either . . . . " which is a simple contraction of "not me either" . English is a language occasionally governed by common usage as well as the rules of grammar . You have to read Mary's comment in the context of the thread, not the post to be able to comment on her grammar . She was correct . You are wrong . Cheers Billy :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 410593 | 2005-12-07 00:48:00 | you know what, who cares really. there are far more important things, like a working F1 ;-) |
Mary (6534) | ||
| 410594 | 2005-12-07 00:54:00 | so, ... Let's call the whole thing off. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 410595 | 2005-12-07 00:58:00 | either one or the other; one and the other neither not one nor the other Examples Either she or I will win the medal. Either is capable of winning a gold medal.1 Neither is capable of winning a gold medal. Neither George nor Adam reads The Post. Notes 1 either and neither are always followed by a singular verb. Both serve as pronouns and adjectives. neither can be a conjunction with nor as in: We had neither seen nor heard from them in months. neither can stand alone as a conjunction as in: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 410596 | 2005-12-07 01:01:00 | It was an electrician, replacing the standard outlet with a EH&S endorsed RCD outlet. | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 410597 | 2005-12-07 02:18:00 | So, this means that Mary can also say "neither do I"? Cheers :) Yes she can James, and neither you nor I could argue with her. :p Just to make things a little harder, there are two different pronunciations for either and neither as well: ee-ther and i-ther, nee-ther and ni-ther. Your english is very good indeed, do you mind my asking how long you have been learning? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 410598 | 2005-12-07 02:58:00 | Just to make things a little harder, there are two different pronunciations for either and neither as well: ee-ther and i-ther, nee-ther and ni-ther. [edit - that's enough Greg. Uncalled for and unwarranted. If you don't like the discussion find another one. Take 24-hour break - Bruce] |
Greg (193) | ||
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