Which is the correct sentence?

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This machine does not function properly.

1. That machine does not function properly either.
2. That machine also does not function properly.

Which is the correct sentence in relation to the sentence in bold?

Thanks in advance.

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Both sentences are acceptable.

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@tanguatlay,

I'd prefer sentence #1.

But both are acceptable, as stated.

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@McTag,

I prefer #1 as well. It sounds more natural.

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@tanguatlay,

#2 if it were said after the sentence in bold. For instance. This machine does not function properly. That machine also does not function properly. I feel it fits better but number one fits just as well.

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@JazzMinnie,

Many thanks to all of you. I would like to ask a similar question to make sure that I have not learned the wrong thing from my teacher.

Paul: I do not like apples.
Jack: I do not like apples either. (I do not like apples too.)

I was taught that that the sentence in bold is the correct reply. Is the sentence in brackets the wrong response?

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@tanguatlay,

The first sentenced (bold-faced) is correct. The second sentence is merely awkward--it would read better as: I, too, do not like apples.

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@Setanta,

Many thanks, Setanta.

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@tanguatlay,

Well I've heard people say I don't like apples too. Maybe the "do not" is making it akward, because "I don't like apples too," sound normal, to me, in that response.

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@JazzMinnie,

JazzMinnie wrote:

akward

What is this word?

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@contrex,

Sorry I forgot a "W"! Awkward! The word is awkward. Sheesh.

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@JazzMinnie,

JazzMinnie wrote:

Sorry I forgot a "W"! Awkward! The word is awkward. Sheesh.

Sorry if I am smart; I can't help being a "spelling puss". You need to realise, little miss, that correct spelling and attention to detail are essential if you are going to boast about your abilities as you have done, especially in a section of the site devoted to advising learners of English.

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@contrex,

Just explain exactly how was I boasting? And I will fix myself, for that is not how I wanted my answer to come across.

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@JazzMinnie,

JazzMinnie wrote:

Just explain exactly how was I boasting? And I will fix myself, for that is not how I wanted my answer to come across.

In another thread you wrote this...

Code:Is there a problem with me being smart? Sorry for being a "Grammar Puss."

I thought you meant "Is there a problem with me being clever?", which would be boastful, but now it occurs to me that in American informal speech "being smart" sometimes means "being cheeky" or "being cute" as my mother used to say. If you meant that then I apologise. You were not boasting, and also there was not a problem with you "being smart" if you meant it as I described.

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@contrex,

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I can't help being a "spelling puss".

You can help being a selective spelling puss, C, because there are hundreds upon hundreds of typos in pretty much everyone's posts.

Minnie is doing alright, stepping up to the plate as she does. There are more than a few egregious examples of not so great advice from older folks, too.

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@contrex,

Apology excepted, thank you.

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@JTT,

Thank you.

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You can help being a selective spelling puss...

Maybe he only read a small selection of posts, and mine, unfortunately was the one that stood out. (Did I spell that right?)

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