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So when we want to express if we agree with someone about something or if we disagree with

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them, we first have to figure out if what they are saying is a positive statement or if it's a

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negative statement. So right now we're just talking about present simple. So the verb to do,

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which is a very common verb in the positive is I do. If you want to negate this statement,

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the negative is I don't. I do or I don't. Yes or no. I don't or I do not. This is just short for

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this. So then this is a negative statement because it has don't and the word not. So

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if we want to agree with I do, if we want to agree with a positive statement, we will say

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so do I, or you can say I do too. They're both correct. If you want to

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agree with this negative statement, so you want to agree with this, even though it's a negative

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statement. It's the negative of this statement. I do, I don't. You want to agree with that,

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I don't. So you would say, neither do I. Because the statement doesn't, and you don't either.

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So, that goes from 2, 1, 2, to 0.

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So, if you want to disagree with this positive statement, if you don't, but the statement is that you do, but you don't,

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you would simply go over to the negative and say I don't or I do not and the same going the other

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direction if the statement says I don't or I do not but you do you are disagreeing with this

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statement and since you're disagreeing with a negative statement you need a positive statement

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so just like here you go over here from I do if you don't you just say I don't from I don't if

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you do you just go over here to I do so then another very common auxiliary verb to be so

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the positive is I am and the negative is I'm not or I am not

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this is just short for this again like up here I don't I do not I'm not I am not so this is a

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positive statement and this is a negative statement because not is here so if you want to

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agree with the positive statement, then you will say, so am I, or I am too. If you want to agree

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with this negative statement, that you are not, you agree that you're not, then you say, neither

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am I? So some examples of a positive statement. I love cats. This is implying the verb to do

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because what are you doing I do love cats so I love cats positive statement so if you want to

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agree with this positive statement you go over here to another positive and you say so do I

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or I do too. If you want to disagree with this positive statement, you go over here to the

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negative because this is a positive statement. So you go to the negative and you simply say,

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I don't. This person does. He does what? He loves cats. I love cats.

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okay but you don't okay so you can just say I don't and they'll know that you mean I don't

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love cats if we start with the negative of this statement I love cats I don't like cats

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so this is the negative of this positive statement if you want to

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agree with this negative statement you go to the negative because this is negative so if you agree

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with the negative then you have to say a negative statement to go along with it because if you go

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from negative to positive, it's not agreeing. So if you don't like cats, this person doesn't

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like cats and you don't either. You say, neither do I. This person doesn't like cats. You don't

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like cats. Neither do I. That goes from two, one, two, take away this one because they don't

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like cats. Take away this one because you don't like cats either. If you want to disagree

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with this negative statement saying, I don't like cats, you need to use a positive statement.

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So then you simply can say, I do. You go back from don't and you change it to do. I do.

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If we're using the verb to be and we start with a positive statement, I am a girl.

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So if you agree with this statement and you are a girl too, then you need to go to another positive statement because this is positive.

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so i am a girl positive i am too if you want to disagree with this statement that is positive

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you need to go to the negative where you can simply say i am not instead of i am i am not

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If you agree with this positive statement, you go to the positive, you say, I am too.

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Or, so am I.

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These mean the same thing.

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So then, again, with the verb to be, if we start with a negative statement,

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the negative of this statement this is the positive I am a girl this is the negative of

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this I am not a girl so we start with a negative statement if we want to agree with a negative

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statement if you are not a girl this person's not a girl and you're not a girl either then you need

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to match this negative with another negative statement so then you would say neither am I

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if you want to disagree with this and you actually are a girl I am a girl you are a girl

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then instead of saying am not you just say I am it's understood that what you mean

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is that you are a girl i am a girl but you don't need to say i am a girl you can simply say i am