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annuska



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:04 am    Post subject: also/too Reply with quote

Hello to all,
I have several problems when I have to write sometimes also and too. I don't know when I have to put one of them and when the other one. If someone could help me??
Thank you very much.
Anna Muix�
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bud



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:59 am    Post subject: Calling Susan Wu Reply with quote

Anna, it seems like a simple question, but I wouldn't know where to begin on this one. Maybe you could give some examples, and then someone could explain each example.

Or maybe... Susan Wu. do you have an answer for this one? Obelix? Anyone?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anna, I found this at Cambridge Dictionaries:

too (ALSO)
adverb
1. (especially at the end of a sentence) in addition, also:
I'd like to come too.
INFORMAL "I love chocolate." "Me too."

2. used to show surprise:
It's a wonderful picture of light shining through trees - and by a child too!
Compare well (IN ADDITION); moreover; what's more at what (THAT WHICH).

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

So they seem to be saying that at the end of a sentence, 'too' is often used instead of 'also.' Another use is to emphasize surprise.

Hope that helps.
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