Neither am I / me neither in a specific context

Question

A friend of mine and I were talking about a party that we've had today and he told me the following:

I won't have dinner at home, lol.

And I replied:

Neither am I.

Based on these topics, Using either, neither and too and Is the statement "Neither am I" right?, my answer was not wrong at all in myself comprehension.

I want to know your opinion, is the above wrong? If so, why? And what's the correctiest way to express equality in that situation?

It's wrong. You have to echo the head verb in what your friend says. Since that's will (after you 'uncontract' won't) you say: Neither will* I. You can also say me neither, or if you want to be snooty nor I*. — StoneyB on hiatus, Apr 26 '14 at 21:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 15 '20 at 07:40

To:

I won't [=will not] have dinner at home, lol.

The correct answer should be:

Neither will I.

But:

I'm not [=am not] in a mood to go out for dinner tonight.

Neither am I. I think I'll just stay home.

I won't have dinner at home, lol.

Me neither.

And

I'm not in a mood to go out for dinner tonight.

Me neither. I think I'll just stay home.

JJJ · Answer 2 · 2014-04-26T22:50:25.350

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Me neither is less formal then Neither am I. Except for that I think there is no difference. <>

Neither am I should be seen as:

Neither <verb> I.

For example

I didn't do my homework.
Neither did I.

edited Apr 26 '14 at 22:50

answered Apr 26 '14 at 21:18

JJJ

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"Me neither" is applicable to any negative situation (I don't/won't/can't/haven't/etc.). "Neither am I" only works when the other person is using "to be" in some way. – Matt E. Эллен Apr 26 '14 at 21:53

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