Neither 相当于 "not either",本身带有否定意义,单独做代词或副词时,表示“两者皆非”,比如:
Neither of us liked this picture. 尤其与 nor 连用时:
Neither Mr nor Mrs Smith liked this picture. 综上所述,Me either 其实是说不通的。这个组合若出现,唯一合乎语法的情况,应该是:
——“ I don't like this picture. ”
——" It doesn't impress me either.” 或者:
A: Who burnt the picture??
B: It wasn't me.
C: Not me, either.
D: I didn't, either.
E: Neither did I.
F: Nah we Singaporean do no burn ding, we burn ding we pay fine, so not me la... 也就是说,either 需要配合另一个否定词 doesn't 来显式地否定。相比之下,Me neither 带有明确的否定含义,所以是正确的。
问题在于,现在有越来越多的人说 Me either 了——尤其是不断推动语法进步的美国人[citation needed]。所以,如果“正确”也是有比较级的话,我们只能说,"me either" is right, but "me neither" is righter.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjunctive_pronoun,尤其见 "It's me" 一段。