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	Andyw12345  #513738  Wed, 14 May 08 10:53 PM Hi guys, Is the below use of 'too' correct? I am not too sure whether I will go on holiday this year... Many thanks in advance! Andy    Andyw12345 Joined on Thu, Jan 31 2008 Full Member (261) Many thanks, Andy

	Clive  #513747  Wed, 14 May 08 11:25 PM Hi, Yes, it's OK. It's casual, relaxed English. Clive    Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member (19,503) El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Andyw12345  #513897  Thu, 15 May 08 08:45 AM Thanks Clive, so 'too' is correct as opposed to 'to'?? Andy    Andyw12345

	Andyw12345  #514071  Thu, 15 May 08 04:38 PM Can anyone help?   Thanks, Andy    Andyw12345

	Grammar Geek  #514077  Thu, 15 May 08 04:52 PM Absolutely, too instead of to. I'm not too sure about this = I don't have a lot of confidence in this. Don't be too sure about that! = You very well could be wrong about that.    Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Pennsylvania, USA Veteran Member (14,803) Barbara, who answers in American English.

	Andyw12345  #514087  Thu, 15 May 08 05:08 PM Thanks very much - is that because too can mean an excess of something and so you are saying you are not excessively (i.e. overly) sure about something?Many thanks      Andyw12345

	Grammar Geek  #514090  Thu, 15 May 08 05:12 PM Exactly. An excess of "certainty." (Or, in this case, a LACK of this excess of certainty.)    Grammar Geek

	Kooyeen  #514148  Thu, 15 May 08 07:23 PM Andyw12345 is that because too can mean an excess of something and so you are saying you are not excessively (i.e. overly) sure about something? Yeah, consider other similar structures, where you have a negation in front of something expressing "completeness", "excess", "large amount" ,etc. I'm not very hungry. I'm not so sure about it. I don't quite understand what you mean. It doesn't necessarily mean she is going to win. I'm not too tired. I can go on working. etc.    Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member (3,709) *Parental Advisory*Explicit Posts
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	Andyw12345  #514241  Fri, 16 May 08 01:12 AM Thanks guys :-)    Andyw12345