'So do I' and 'neither do I'
I use 'so do I' to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and I use 'neither do I' to say that a negative sentence is also true for me:
I use 'so do I' to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and I use 'neither do I' to say that a negative sentence is also true for me:
- John: I hate
mushrooms.
- Me: So do I (=I
also hate mushrooms).
- Lucy: I don't
live in London.
- Me: Neither do I
(=I also don't live in London. For example, maybe Lucy and I both live in
Paris).
This is
often used as a reply to someone else in a conversation, but both sentences can
also be said by the same person, and even joined together:
- Me: Elizabeth
loves coffee. So do I.
- Me: Harry doesn't play the piano and neither do I.