1. By Sandy Millin
First speaker
positive negative
Reply
positive
object pronoun + too
OR
So + positive auxiliary + subject pronoun.
A: I like chocolate.
B: Me too. / So do I.
A: I can swim.
B: Me too. / So can I.
subject pronoun + positive auxiliary
A: I don’t like chocolate.
B: I do.
A: I’ve never been to America.
B: I have.
negative
subject pronoun + negative auxiliary
A: I like chocolate.
B: Idon’t.
A: I’m going to the party tonight.
B: I’m not.
object pronoun + neither
OR
Neither + positive auxiliary + subject pronoun
A: I don’t like chocolate.
B: Me neither. / Neither do I.
A: I won’t have a drink.
B: Me neither. / Neither will I.
me either(AMERICAN SPOKEN)
used when someone else has made a negative statement and you mean it is also true of you. This is considered to be incorrect by speakers of
British English who would say “Me neither.”
A: I don't like horror movies.
B: Me either.
Definition taken from: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/either, 30th
July 2013