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Henry74 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Too, as well and also.
Hi,
I have a few problems with those three words, can you please help me?
1) If I say, I'm a painter too, what am I saying, that besides being, say, a writer I 'm also a painter, or that, say, you should add me the your list of painters, because I'm one of them? I'm almost sure it can mean the latter, but I'm not sure it can also mean the former; and, if it does, how to resolve the ambiguity.
2) Would it make a difference if I subsituted as well for too?
3) And if I said I'm also a painter, could this mean either?
Thank you very much
H.
I have a few problems with those three words, can you please help me?
1) If I say, I'm a painter too, what am I saying, that besides being, say, a writer I 'm also a painter, or that, say, you should add me the your list of painters, because I'm one of them? I'm almost sure it can mean the latter, but I'm not sure it can also mean the former; and, if it does, how to resolve the ambiguity.
2) Would it make a difference if I subsituted as well for too?
3) And if I said I'm also a painter, could this mean either?
Thank you very much
H.
Top answer
1. You can be saying either one; context will reveal the meaning. 2.
- 1.
- You can be saying either one; context will reveal the meaning.
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- No.
- 3.
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1. You can be saying either one; context will reveal the meaning.
2. No.
3. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes.
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First, ask yourself: what is the conversation going on here? What has the other person just said?
Apart from "Help!", "Fire", and "Stop thief", where the context is implied in the words, with most single sentences, we need to know the context, what you are replying to.
Apart from "Help!", "Fire", and "Stop thief", where the context is implied in the words, with most single sentences, we need to know the context, what you are replying to.
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Thank you both for your reply.
@terryxpress
There was no context. I just wanted to know if, from a purely grammatical point of vew, it could mean either, which now I know it can.
H.
@terryxpress
There was no context. I just wanted to know if, from a purely grammatical point of vew, it could mean either, which now I know it can.
H.
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If you want to indicate that you are a painter as well as a writer, you would put the stress on painter:
"I'm a painter, too."
If you wanted to add yourself to the list of painters, you would say "I'm a painter too."
The same patterns hold true for "as well" and "also." (In writing, the context should make it clear.)
"I'm a painter, too."
If you wanted to add yourself to the list of painters, you would say "I'm a painter too."
The same patterns hold true for "as well" and "also." (In writing, the context should make it clear.)
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