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Teleostomi  +  456908 Tue, 25 Dec 07 11:47 AM

Does anybody think her knitting is not good, too?

We can use "too" in a sentence like above, just as we can use "either", can't we?

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Mister Micawber  +  456915 Tue, 25 Dec 07 01:33 PM

Hmm.  It sounds a bit awkward to me, but I suppose it works.  It = Does anybody think her knitting is poor, too?


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khoff  +  457064 Wed, 26 Dec 07 12:30 AM

I think the sentence is quite ambiguous.  Does it mean "Does anybody else think her knitting is not good?"  Or does it mean something like "Everyone agrees that her painting is not good.  Does anybody think her knitting is also not good?"  Or even "Her knitting is clearly not very fast.  Does anybody think it's also not very good?"  In other words, it's not clear what the "too" applies to.

I think that the use of "too" rather than "either" makes me think that the intended meaning is the first.  If that is the meaning, the sentence in blue is certainly a more natural way to say it.

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Philip  +  457091 Wed, 26 Dec 07 05:14 AM
 Khoff wrote:

I think the sentence is quite ambiguous.  Does it mean "Does anybody else think her knitting is not good?"  Or does it mean something like "Everyone agrees that her painting is not good.  Does anybody think her knitting is also not good?"  Or even "Her knitting is clearly not very fast.  Does anybody think it's also not very good?"  In other words, it's not clear what the "too" applies to.

I think that the use of "too" rather than "either" makes me think that the intended meaning is the first.  If that is the meaning, the sentence in blue is certainly a more natural way to say it.

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Teleostomi  +  457430 Thu, 27 Dec 07 08:31 AM

Thanks everyone! Have a nice winter!!! Thanks for helping us whole this year! I hope every one of you'll be around also next year.

Does anybody think her knitting is not good, too? [Tom thinks her knitting is not good, too.]

Does anybody think her knitting is not good, either? [Her typing is not good. Her knitting is not good, either.]

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