Wednesday, March 2, 2016

phrase usage - "Me neither" or "Me too"?


A couple of days ago I had a conversation with the other person telling me a statement like "I'm less interested in..." and my reply to that was "Me neither" - should I have said "Me too"?


Can I use the phrase "me too" for a negative statement ?




Answer



Let's see these examples


A - I am less interested in football.
B - Me too


A - I am not interested in football.
B - Me neither.


A - I am very interested in football.
B - Me too


I don't think the first statement is exactly a negative statement, though it does sound like that. Because there is no negative word in it. So the response 'me neither' is not possible.


However in second sentence there is a negative word. So the response should be 'me neither'.



Third sentence is a positive one. So there is no question of responding it with 'me neither'.


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