ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Use of too...

Andyw12345 — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:12:53 GMT

Thanks guys :-)

Re: Use of too...

Kooyeen — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:23:43 GMT

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.

Re: Use of too...

Grammar Geek — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:12:09 GMT

Exactly. An excess of "certainty." (Or, in this case, a LACK of this excess of certainty.)

Re: Use of too...

Andyw12345 — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:08:04 GMT

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

Re: Use of too...

Grammar Geek — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:52:07 GMT

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.

Re: Use of too...

Andyw12345 — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:38:22 GMT

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Andy

Re: Use of too...

Andyw12345 — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:45:34 GMT

Thanks Clive, so 'too' is correct as opposed to 'to'??

Andy

Re: Use of too...

Clive — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:25:20 GMT

Hi,

Yes, it's OK. It's casual, relaxed English.

Clive

Use of too...

Andyw12345 — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:53:52 GMT

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