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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
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too?

Please look at the following conversation script.

Glen: What's the weather like today?

Laura: Not very nice. It's raining.

Glen: Oh, no! I want to go to the beach today.

Laura: Better bring an umbrella, then.

Glen: Maybe the weather will be better tomorrow.

Laura: Let's check the forecast on the Internet.

Glen: I hope it's not raining tomorrow, too.

Laura: You're in luck. It won't rain tomorrow.

I think "too." is a redundant word, isn't it?

Please advise.

LCChang
  

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Hi Lcchang, I suppose in some technical sense you could say it's redundant, but this is an emotional conversation. If you simply said, "I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow," you'd lose a lot of the emotional impact. This is a script, after all.

— Avangi

  • Hi Lcchang, I suppose in some technical sense you could say it's redundant, but this is an emotional conversation.
  • If you simply said, "I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow," you'd lose a lot of the emotional impact.
  • This is a script, after all.
  • You don't want to put your audience to sleep.
  • What it adds is the dimension of feeling about what's happening to our plans.
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Hi Lcchang,

I suppose in some technical sense you could say it's redundant, but this is an emotional conversation. If you simply said, "I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow," you'd lose a lot of the emotional impact. This is a script, after all. You don't want to put your audience to sleep. What it adds is the dimension of feeling about what's happening to our plans. ****! It's rai
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Thank you for your explanation, Avagi. It is very useful for me.

LCChang
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