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Reason Receive Fax Letter Arrived Negative Clause Too/Also/As

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Keyword too
Sub Entry Number 5
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence For some reason they didn't receive the fax and your letter hasn't arrived too.
Correct Sentence For some reason they didn't receive the fax and your letter hasn't arrived either.
Cloze Error Sentence For some reason they didn't receive the fax and your letter hasn't arrived [[too]].
Cloze Sentence For some reason they didn't receive the fax and your letter hasn't arrived [[either]].
Cloze Answer either
Choices either | too
Explanation

In a negative clause use either (NOT too/also/as well ): 'The cheese cake was disappointing and the coffee wasn't very special either.'

Compare: 'The food was excellent and the service was good too.'

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