𝔸 soldier ran up to a nun. Out of breath, he asked, "Please, Sister, may I hide under your skirt. I’ll explain later."
The nun agreed… and a moment later two Military Cops ran up and asked, "Sister, have you seen a soldier go by here?" The nun replied, "He went that way."
After the Military Cops had turned the corner, the soldier crawled out from under her skirt and said, "I can’t thank you enough, Sister. You see, I don’t want to go to Iraq."
The nun said, "I understand completely."
The soldier added, "I hope I’m not being rude, but you have a great pair of legs!"
The nun replied, "If you had looked a little higher, you would have seen a great pair of something else. I don’t want to go to Iraq either."
"The last word in the punchline is what we're going to focus on, the word "either." Its mirror image is the negative "neither." In the case of this joke, "either" is used to show a similarity or an agreement with a statement that has just been made [...est utilisé pour montrer une similitude ou un accord avec une déclaration qui vient d'être faite]. If you said "She doesn't like Michael Jackson," I might say, "I don't like him either." Perhaps an explanatory table will help us understand more easily. Notice the consistent use of the auxiliary verb here.
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The nun agreed… and a moment later two Military Cops ran up and asked, "Sister, have you seen a soldier go by here?" The nun replied, "He went that way."
After the Military Cops had turned the corner, the soldier crawled out from under her skirt and said, "I can’t thank you enough, Sister. You see, I don’t want to go to Iraq."
The nun said, "I understand completely."
The soldier added, "I hope I’m not being rude, but you have a great pair of legs!"
The nun replied, "If you had looked a little higher, you would have seen a great pair of something else. I don’t want to go to Iraq either."
"The last word in the punchline is what we're going to focus on, the word "either." Its mirror image is the negative "neither." In the case of this joke, "either" is used to show a similarity or an agreement with a statement that has just been made [...est utilisé pour montrer une similitude ou un accord avec une déclaration qui vient d'être faite]. If you said "She doesn't like Michael Jackson," I might say, "I don't like him either." Perhaps an explanatory table will help us understand more easily. Notice the consistent use of the auxiliary verb here.
| Negative Sentence | Agreeing | Affirmative Sentence | Agreeing |
|---|---|---|---|
| I don't smoke | I don't smoke either | I [do] smoke | So do I |
| She can't swim | I can't swim either | She can swim | So can I |
| We mustn't call | He mustn't call either | They've finished | So have you |
| I will not do it | Tim won't do it either | Jim may leave | So may Jane |
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