Me either还是me neither?

当你在用英文回答别人“我也不”时,到底该使用me, either,还是me, neither呢?相信对很多人而言,这是个颇为头疼的问题。本文和大家一起来探讨。

假设一位美国友人对你说:I don’t like the new album released by Taylor Swift. 碰巧你也不怎么喜欢Swift的新专辑,你该怎样回应呢,是:me, either,还是me, neither?

这个问题似乎不只困扰我们国人,老美貌似也有点稀里糊涂,从Yahoo Answers上众说纷纭的答案可见一斑。不幸的是,Wikipedia这次也没能给我们直白的答案。所以我只好Bing一下了。

首先看看Yahoo Answers上被选为最佳的回复(best answer)吧(原文名为:Me neither or me either? What is correct?),回答者bruhaha解释道:
Short answer — in everyday informal speech “Me, neither” is often the best choice.(简言之,在日常的非正式交谈中,“Me, neither”通常是最好的选择

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It is true that for FORMAL usage, you would be expected to say something like “Neither do I” or “Nor I”.(如果在正式的场合,回答“Neither do I”或者“Nor I”可能更恰当

But for INFORMAL/COLLOQUIAL –everyday!– spoken English, those forms do not always need to be used, and may even be discouraged as “stuffy”.(但对于非正式/口语化、日常的口语,其实不提倡过于拘泥形式,那样会显得很累赘)

这个回答进一步在权威线上词典Thefreedictionary.com得到印证,查询me neither,该网站给出的解释是:Me neither(spoken): I also would not.例句:”I’d never go there alone at night.” “Me neither.” 并给了一个简短的使用说明(Usage notes):used to agree with a negative statement(用于赞同否定陈述).如果你试图查询me either,词典会提示:Phrase not found in the Dictionary and Encyclopedia. (本词典及百科中均无me either这个短语

一位在日本教英语的加拿大本地老师在名为Ask the English Teacher的网站上吐槽并求助:I am Canadian and I started teaching English in Japan recently. At the beginning, I kept thinking that teaching English is a breeze. However, I now come to realize that my grammar actually sucks! … What is the difference between ME EITHER and ME NEITHER? Is Me either bad English?

该网站的博主给出了如下回复:The expression should be “Me neither”—for example: “I don’t like driving in heavy traffic.” “Me neither.” It’s the same as “Neither do I,” but it’s colloquial, not grammatical. “Me either” doesn’t make sense. 你明白了吗?一句话,me neither可视为Neither do I的简化版,但一般用于口语中。

最后,想提醒一下大家,如果你非要用either,上段所例子中的提问也可以这么回答:I don’t, either.


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