Don't you go either. vs Don't go you either.

[Volcano1985]

-Don't you go either

-Don't go you either

Which one is correct ?

[Taeglich]

I'd say the first one is grammatically correct, but both of them could actually be said in the course of a conversation.

[Barb_D]

I cannot imagine every saying the second one.

[Taeglich]

[Yankee]

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Stick with your first sentence, Volcano.

I have never heard anyone say "Don't go you either", and if you wrote that sentence on a standardized test, it would very definitely be marked as wrong.

Like Barb, I can't imagine anyone intentionally saying "Don't go you either".

Theoretically, you could possibly hear your second sentence spoken as two separate mini-sentences. In that case, there would be a pause between the words 'go' and 'you', and it would have to be punctuated accordingly in written form. In addition, the second part would address a different person than the first part:

"Don't go. You either!" = "Don't go. (And don't) you (go) either."

[Alan]

Hi,

To me this little gem:

[Taeglich]

[Ralf]

[Volcano1985]

I wanted to mean like "everyone has gone,don't go you either/as well".I think if i say "don't you go either" its being like a question,isn't it ?

[Ralf]

Hi Volcano,

We've probably confused you. You could say 'Now that everyone has gone, you shouldn't go either'. But it'll be more idiomatic to say 'I'd like you to stay!'
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[Yankee]

Situation 1:
Everyone has gone to a party except Jack and Amy.
If Amy does not want to go and wants Jack to stay with her, she might say:
Amy: Don't you go too, Jack!

(Everyone except Jack and Amy goes.)

Situation 2:
Everyone was invited to a party. Mom does not want her kids (Alice, Barb and Jack) to go:
Mom (looking at Alice and Barb): I don't want you two to go to that party. There is always trouble whenever they have a party.
Jack: What about me? I promised them I would be there.
Mom (looking at Jack): Don't you go either. I can't allow any of you to go.

(Nobody goes: Alice, Barb and Jack don't go.)
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[Volcano1985]

Thanks good examples...

[Nessie]

Hi everybody,
I still have two queries:
1/ When we say 'don't you go', it can mean both a question ('don't you go?') or an imperative ('don't you go!')? And how we can understand the sentence depends on the context?
2/ Here is how I understand the two sentences:
- Don't you go, too => the word 'too' here refers to 'go'
- Don't you go either => the word 'either' here refers to 'don't'
=> Am I right or wrong?
3/ Is there any differences between the versions with commas and the versions without commas?

Many thanks,
Nessie.
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