This question is about "either".
Hi, natives!
I would like to ask are these sentences correct?
"In Russia, we don't talk about money and salary either".
Can I use in this sentence "also", for example:
"Also, in Russia, we don't talk about money and salary" or
"In Russia, we also don't talk about money and salary".
Are my three sentences correct?
What's sentences are more natural?
With respect to you!
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Answers · 10
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Hi,
I would say:
In Russia, we don't talk about money or salary.
or
In Russia, we don't talk about money. We don't talk about salary either.
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We would generally use 'either' as a response to someone else. For example:
Paul We don't talk about money in England
Xaksi: We don't in Russia either
We can also say these grammatically:
In Russia we don't talk about money or salary
In Russia we don't talk about either money or salary
https://askpaulenglish.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/both-either-neither-2/
I guess it also depends if you are discussing salary and money as one individual thing. If we view them as individual elements, we use or. But if it is one subject, we could use and
In Russia we don't talk about money and salary
I wouldn't use also
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Australian native here!
If you are replying to someone who has said that in their country they don't talk about money or salary you would say "In Russia, we don't talk about money and salary either" or "In Russia, we also don't talk about money and salary". The first sentence is more natural for me.
If you were simply stating it you would say "In Russia we don't talk about money or salaries."
Hope that helps!
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Thank you for your wonderful explanation.
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Your use of "also" is fine; either position works, although the meanings are a little different.
With "also" as first word, it serves to add this thought to earlier thoughts.
But you probably intend the second position for also - meaning that this is the same as in the country you were just discussing.
On another point. we would use "money or salary" after the negative in your examples - "money and salary" would have a slightly different meaning,. with both elements required.
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