Poetess on TED

[Elena]

Good morning!

I saw this video monts ago. In it, we can see a a poetess talking about her future/probably daughter. Perhaps, It can be a bit difficult because she speaks very quickly but you can turn on the subtittles (as I did!) ... It's a very, very beautiful speech, and I recommend to you all watching it.

Here's the link:

www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter

TED is a place where people from business world, culture, entertainment, science... make a speech about their interests. Some of them are really interesting.

Kind regards,

Elena.

[Admin]

Good morning Elena, thanks for your message. So this woman who gave the TED talk was pregnant at the time? But she didn't know if she was going to have a boy or a girl? That is quite unusual these days! Or was this purely theoretical? Anyway, if I have a moment I will watch it - TED talks are often really interesting...
Can I help?
Poetess= I think this word exists, but we don't use it normally. I think we just say "poet".
her future/probably daughter= Hmm. Maybe you can say: She talks about the daughter she might have in the future / the daughter she is going to have (if she is pregnant)
I recommend to you all watching it.= I recommend that you all watch it. Recommend that + infinitive
See you!
Pieter

[Elena]

Hello Pieter,

Thank you very much for your feedback.

The Poet didn't have a daughter neither was pregnant but I didn't know how to express it. (I am not sure about this last sentence, because I am always confuse about how to use either, and neither).

I hope you enjoy it!

Elena.

[Admin]

Thanks Elena, thanks for the clarification! OK, so you can say it like this:
The Poet didn't have a daughter neither was pregnant = ..didn't have a daughter and she wasn't pregnant either. We use either with a negative verb: Max didn't go to the cinema and I didn't either. The cat wasn't in the garden and she wasn't in the house either.
Both of these words mean "not also" but neither is more complicated to use than either, because you have to change the word order:
Sam can't drive and Gina can't either.
Sam can't sing and neither can Gina.
Do you see what I mean? Focus on "either" for the moment.
Bye,
Pieter

[Elena]

Thank you very much, Pieter, for your explanation! I'll do that!

Elena.

[Admin]

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