modifying too

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what words can modify too? according to the Heineman, much, far, a little, a lot, a bit, rather can modify too.

can "very" modify "too" as in

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:LuifK3zGiD8J:perso.wanadoo.fr/diego.vega/shooting.htm+%22very+too+far+to%22&hl=tr ?

or quite as in

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Ur-YOTbQgv0J:www.mainlesson.com/display.php%3Fauthor%3Dabbott%26book%3Dnero%26story%3Dmessalina+%22quite+too+far+to%22&hl=tr

Diamondrg · Accepted Answer

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:LuifK3zGiD8J:perso.wanadoo.fr/diego.vega/shooting.htm+%22very+too+far+to%22&hl=tr

Diamondrg · Answer

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:LuifK3zGiD8J:perso.wanadoo.fr/diego.vega/shooting.htm+%22very+too+far+to%22&hl=tr

Clive · Answer

Hi,

If you want to post again, can you please try to get rid of the 'special formatting characters'? They make it almost impossible to read what you write.

what words can modify too? according to the Heineman, much, far, a little, a lot, a bit, rather can modify too. These all seem OK.

can "very" modify "too" No.

Best wishes, Clive

Diamondrg · Answer

can quite modify too?

Diamondrg · Answer

as in this link:

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:r9XlCCnAT-IJ:www.online-literature.com/frederick_douglass/bondage_freedom/1/+%22quite+too+young%22&hl=tr

Clive · Answer

Hi,

I can't find your phrase via this link, please copy and paste it here. It sounds wrong.

Clive

Diamondrg · Answer

Literature Network>Frederick Douglass>My Bondage and My Freedom>Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Childhood

PLACE OF BIRTH-~~CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT~~-TUCKAHOE--ORIGIN OF
THE NAME-~~CHOPTANK RIVER~~-TIME OF BIRTH-~~GENEALOGICAL TREES~~-MODE
OF COUNTING TIME-~~NAMES OF GRANDPARENTS~~-THEIR POSITION--
GRANDMOTHER ESPECIALLY ESTEEMED--"BORN TO GOOD LUCK--SWEET
POTATOES-~~SUPERSTITION~~-THE LOG CABIN-~~ITS CHARMS~~-SEPARATING
CHILDREN-~~MY AUNTS~~-THEIR NAMES--FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF BEING A
SLAVE-~~OLD MASTER~~-GRIEFS AND JOYS OF CHILDHOOD--COMPARATIVE
HAPPINESS OF THE SLAVE-BOY AND THE SON OF A SLAVEHOLDER.

In Talbot county, Eastern Shore, Maryland, near Easton, the
county town of that county, there is a small district of country,
thinly populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more
than for the worn-out, sandy, desert-like appearance of its soil,
the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent
and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence
of ague and fever.

----

Living here, with my dear old grandmother and grandfather, it was
a long time before I knew myself to be a slave. I knew many
other things before I knew that. Grandmother and grandfather
were the greatest people in the world to me; and being with them
so snugly in their own little cabin-~~I supposed it be their own~~
knowing no higher authority over me or the other children than
the authority of grandmamma, for a time there was nothing to
disturb me; but, as I grew larger and older, I learned by degrees
the sad fact, that the "little hut," and the lot on which it
stood, belonged not to my dear old grandparents, but to some
person who lived a great distance off, and who was called, by
grandmother, "OLD MASTER." I further learned the sadder fact,
that not only the house and lot, but that grandmother herself,
(grandfather was free,) and all the little children around her,
belonged to this mysterious personage, called by grandmother,
with every mark of reverence, "Old Master." Thus early did
clouds and shadows begin to fall upon my path. Once on the
track-~~troubles never come singly~~-I was not long in finding out
another fact, still more grievous to my childish heart. I was
told that this "old master," whose name seemed ever to be
mentioned with fear and shuddering, only allowed the children to
live with grandmother for a limited time, and that in fact as
soon <30>as they were big enough, they were promptly taken away,
to live with the said "old master." These were distressing
revelations indeed; and though I was quite too young to
comprehend the full import of the intelligence, and mostly spent
my childhood days in gleesome sports with the other children, a
shade of disquiet rested upon me.

Diamondrg · Answer

Literature Network>Frederick Douglass>My Bondage and My Freedom>Chapter 1

8th paragraph, towards the end.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

OK, here's what I think. A lot of the places you might find this written are using outdated, old-fashioned English, as in this example. I guess you might hear 'quite too ...' in spoken English today, the odd time, but I wouldn't recommend using it in your grammar exam.

Interestingly, it sounds to me more acceptable in the negative. eg

He arrived at the airport quite too late. Definitely wrong.

He arrived at the airport not quite too late. Sounds OK.

Best wishes, Clive

Diamondrg · Answer

thanks Clive.

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