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125. Negative agreement - "neither" and "either".

"So" is used before an auxiliary vers and "either" and "also" are used after auxiliary verbs.

My wife won't talk , to him and neither will I

My wife hasn't talked , to him and neither has I

My wife didn't' talk , to him and neither did I

My wife wasn't talking, to him and neither was I

My wife won't talk ,to him and I won't either

My wife hasn't talked ,to him and I hasn't either

My wife didn't talked ,to him and I didn't either

My wife wasn't talking і,to him and I wasn't either

Don't use "neither" instead of "either".

126. Planned result - "so that".

He is studying hard so thatі he can pass his exams

You need a passport so thatі you can be identified

Don't use "so" instead of "so that" in written English.

127. Future result - "when".

"When" introduces a clause of condition for future result, but PRESENT verb must be used in "when"-clause.

will + verb word

The temperature drops when the sun sets.

The temperature will drop when the sun sets.

Don't use "will" after "when".

128. Indirect question.

Question words( who, what, what time, when, where, why, how, how long, how much, how many) introduce a clause of indirect question.

S V ... Question word S V

I don't know what his name is.

I don't know what he wrote.

Do you know what his name is?

Do you know what he has written?

No inversion in an indirect question. No verbs "does", "do", "did" after the question word.

129. Question words with "-ever"

"-ever" means "any"

whoever, whomever = anyone;

wherever = anywhere;

whenever = any time;

however = any way;

etc.

The "-ever" words may introduce clauses.

S V ... word-ever S V

I know whatever his says.

I can meet with you whenever you have a time.

Don't use "any" instead of "-ever"; Don't change the order: (word-ever) = (question word)+"ever". ( whenever, whoever, etc.)

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