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Oct 19, 2008 09:33AM
Hello. Welcome to another episode of 'Grammatically Correct', the show where authors can get advice on how to spell something, or to use the right grammar. Simply state your problem and I'll be happy to explain it!
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lol its okay cause I wanted to know now.
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when do you use the right form of too/to?
no it's great Grace! I'm fine with it.In response to your question, Nathan:
You can use 'too' in place of 'also'. Example- I will go to the mall also.
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I will go to the mall too.
You would mainly use it in a sentence where you are comparing something and where you are including yourself, or another person.
Courtesy of WikiAnswers.
Wait... aren't you supposed to put a comma before "too" when you use it at the end of a sentence? So it would be, "I will go to the mall, too." Right?
hmmmmm...I don't know if it would have a pause between it or not...hmmmmm...
Yes. Technically, Laina, you are correct. Too is a word used to say you are doing something also. Like Riley already said.
Ex: I will go to the mall, too.
The other to is used more to connect words such as: Let's go to the store today.
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To, well, I'm not sure what part of speach THAT is, but it could be a preposition(not positive on this one). Basically, it is where you don't use too or two, but it fits.
I thought that THAT was an indefinite object, but I could certainly be wrong.
I just looked up THAT in Wikipedia's parts of speech, and it called it a demonstrative singular noun or a noun phrase.
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like "I know that ..." "I think that ..." etc.
But that isn't all that important. Most of the time the word that isn't necessary in a sentence. Like when you say, "My friend said that you were unfriendly." It would actually sound better as, "My friend said you were unfriendly." It just shortens the amount of words you use. :)
Can't "that" be ALL those parts of speech? Depending how it's used, it could be used as different parts of speech. I've learned it as a demostrative pronoun, an adjective, and several other things. So i just don't worry too much about it and --like Kenzie said-- I cut it out whenever possible.
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Oh ... it sounds better the other way to me. *shrugs*
hmmmmmmmmmmm...........I think they both sound okay.
but according to my grammar dictionary Kenzie is right.
Really? I was just stating something someone told me.
Well, not my grammar dictionary. My mom. And she's usually right about stuff like that.
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Pretty much I do that for any grammar rule (eliminating being verbs, using the word "like" and "um"
Putting those words in dialogue just makes it more realistic, you know? I think that's one reason why I'm good at not making cheesy dialogue.
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Just make sure that your character is saying it, and that it isn't part of the story outside the dialogue or thoughts.
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Brigid, my characters have the "um" speech problem too. Ah well. XD
Lucky! My characters are like too perfect in a sense
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I actually might just switch my nano story, it's so good.
Plus I will be able to come up with a better plot with this idea...
the other one doesn't really have any obvious ideas in it.
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for instance, I have things like "you know?" that aren't in dialogue because my MC is speaking to the audience. :P
yay for crazy no-sense nano stories.
You know, I'm tempted to post mine just so you can see how horrible the last page and a half that I have written is. The rest is good, but ehn I started ignoring punctuation and spelling...
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Can we get back to the topic at hand here?no offense....
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Q:When do you say who and when do you say whom? We went over that in class today and I was totally lost!
Hmmmmm...one minute, I don't even know! He=Who
Him=Whom
So, do something like this.
Who/Whom wrote the letter?
He wrote the letter. Therefore, who is correct.
For who/whom should I vote?
Should I vote for him? Therefore, whom is correct.
We all know who/whom pulled that prank.
This sentence contains two clauses: We all know and who/whom pulled that prank. We are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. He pulled that prank. Therefore, who is correct. (Are you starting to sound like a hooting owl yet?)
We want to know on who/whom the prank was pulled.
This sentence contains two clauses: We want to know and the prank was pulled on who/whom. Again, we are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. The prank was pulled on him. Therefore, whom is correct.
thanks! you rock!!!! You're much better at explaining than my english teacher... I hate her! she makes my 2 fav classes, lit and english, boring! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!
Riley, You teach the who/whom exactly as I do. I find it so easy--and so odd that this isn't the common way to teach it.
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