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- Vinay plays cricket, so does Ashok.
We use so+ auxiliary verb when second person( Ashok in case of above sentence) shows agreement with positive sentence.
Here in 1 sentence i have no confusion.
- He can speak French, and so can speak German.
What about this sentences. It seems correct grammatically correct but doesn't make any sense. French and German are two different language. So if one can speak French than it is not necessary that one can also speak German. So i am confused if it is correct way to write this.
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I don't like coffee, neither does he.
This sentence is correct. -
I seldom went to Christmas parties, neither did he.
Is the second sentence correct? When i read this sentence It seems "neither" does't fit here. I mean it doesn't fit in the flow of a sentence (it's look like breaker on road when we have to slow our car).
Best Answer
So can be used to say that another subject is doing something "as well" or "in addition." - you can keep things in one sentence with so but not with as well or in addition (so that's why it happens in speech often):
But if there's a second action, so takes on the meaning of because of that:
Don't use so at all, simply say
The problem with this:
is that while "seldom went" has the meaning does not go that often, it's not a verb in negative form, so neither doesn't correctly link back to it.
You can either change "seldom went" to a negative verb, add "he" to the subject of the sentence, or make "neither did he" a full sentence with "either". ("Seldom" is one of those words you generally don't want to overuse by using it in two sentences in a row.)