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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
I love you too vs. I love you also
When returning the sentiment, I say to my husband, "I love you too". He tells me this is a colloquialism and the gramatically correct response should be "I love you also".
Perhaps he's right, but when I hear "I love you also", my interpretation is, I love you and I love another as well.
What is the textbook ruling on this?
Perhaps he's right, but when I hear "I love you also", my interpretation is, I love you and I love another as well.
What is the textbook ruling on this?
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I love you too = I also love you. To native ears, "I love you also" is simply weird. It is unlike Spanish where the adverb "tambien", spanish equivalent of "too" and "also" falls after the verb.
- I love you too = I also love you.
- To native ears, "I love you also" is simply weird.
- It is unlike Spanish where the adverb "tambien", spanish equivalent of "too" and "also" falls after the verb.
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I love you too = I also love you.
To native ears, "I love you also" is simply weird. It is unlike Spanish where the adverb "tambien", spanish equivalent of "too" and "also" falls after the verb.
To native ears, "I love you also" is simply weird. It is unlike Spanish where the adverb "tambien", spanish equivalent of "too" and "also" falls after the verb.
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AnonymousHe tells me this is a colloquialism and the gramatically correct response should be "I love you also".He needs to rethink this. "I love you too" is the correct and idiomatic expression. You are correct that the use of "also" can imply that you love someone else, and that your husband is just another person you love. On the other hand, the version
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I think that if you tell your husband you love him and he criticizes your grammar, you may have bigger problems than we can help with!
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My husband also says "I love you also" hence the reason I ca across your post. I've asked him why and he said it's because he struggles with To, Too and Two. I love him even more for admitting that ?? Xx
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Here are some possible responses if his words are as shown in bold.
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I love you to . . . Yes, yes, to do what?
I love you two. Who is this other woman you love?
I love you, too. M
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I love you to . . . Yes, yes, to do what?
I love you two. Who is this other woman you love?
I love you, too. M
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