Lesson XI: Joined Statements

B.2. Join: AND … EITHER Previous pattern: John WASN'T a student. Mary WASN'T a student. John DOESN'T STUDY hard. Mary DOESN'T STUDY hard. John HASN'T GOT it. Mary HASN'T GOT it. John CAN'T PLAY the piano. Mary CAN'T PLAY the piano. New pattern: Main Statement Joined Statement … AND S Shortened-AF EITHER John ISN’T a teacher AND Mary ISN'T EITHER. John ISN'T STUDYING AND Mary ISN'T EITHER. John WASN’T there AND Mary WASN'T EITHER. John CAN’T go AND Mary CAN'T EITHER. John SHOULDN’T go AND Mary SHOULDN'T EITHER. John ISN'T GOING TO GO AND Mary ISN'T EITHER John DIDN’T go AND Mary DIDN'T EITHER. John HASN'T GONE there AND Mary HASN'T EITHER. John DOESN’T study AND Mary DOESN'T EITHER. Exercise: B.2.1. Practice Two Negative Joined Statements Join the second statement to the first. For example: Marcia wasn't tired . Zhu wasn't tired . MARCIA WASN'T TIRED AND ZHU WASN'T EITHER. Peter hasn't left the bar . Donald hasn't left the bar . PETER HASN'T LEFT THE BAR AND DONALD HASN'T EITHER. I won't see him . My brother won't see him . I WON'T SEE HIM AND MY BROTHER WON'T EITHER. 1. I can't go. My brother can't go. 2. John isn't studying. Mary isn't studying. 3. John can't play the piano. Mary can't play the piano. 4. We didn't become tired. You didn't become tired. 5. We aren't busy. John isn't busy. 6. They won't be here tomorrow. We won't be here tomorrow. 7. You can't read Chinese. I can't read Chinese. 8. You shouldn't smoke. Mary shouldn't smoke. 9. John may not go to the movies. Mary may not go to the movies. 10. John doesn't eat meat. Mary doesn't eat meat. 11. We shouldn't arrive late. The teacher shouldn't arrive late. 12. Marcia has never been in China. Donald has never been in China. 13. I didn't arrive late. My friend didn't arrive late. 14. I can't remember her name. You can't remember her name. 15. John isn't going to visit Australia. I'm not going to visit Australia. 16. My shoes weren't expensive. My suit wasn't expensive. →