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#25762 Wed, 17 Mar 04 12:06 AM

When do I use too vs. to?

Thank you very much.

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mirapence

#25770 Wed, 17 Mar 04 05:36 AM

Hi guest,

The "too" is always an adverb, and has meanings of "excessively" and "also". Whereas, the "to" works as both adjective and adverb. Let me show you some examples of each.

Jimmy's car runs too fast for me to catch up with wiith mine.

Jimmy's Dad is a professor, and Jimmy wants to be a professor, too.

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

I go to school every day.

Hope it helps.

Mirapence

mirapence

Joined on Mon, Mar 8 2004

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Verbs, Adverbs

Anonymous

#268535 Sun, 17 Sep 06 09:32 PM

what about in the sentence "Is there anyone you would like to acredit your succes to?" or "Is there anyone you would like to acredit your succes too?" Which one is it?

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nona the brit

#268549 Sun, 17 Sep 06 10:01 PM

Is there anyone you would like to credit your success to?

too means 'as well' or 'in addition'.

nona the brit

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The name says it all.

Anonymous

#424411 Thu, 27 Sep 07 06:32 PM

I believe "to" is being used as a preposition in the sentence, and a sentence should not end in a preposition. Therefore, the sentence should read "Is there anyone to whom you would like to credit your success?"

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Prepositions, Whom

CalifJim

#424467 Thu, 27 Sep 07 08:19 PM

Sentences end in prepositions all over the place. The advice that they should not is a very old prescriptive rule. Often, the attempt to apply the "rule" results in all sorts of awkward to which's and for which's, making the "improved version" worse than the original with the preposition at the end! Smile [:)]