"Too" Comma

Hi,

SnarfDoes there have to be a comma before "too"?

No. It's OK as it is.

SnarfAlso, is it "me too" or "me, too"? Is this perhaps a stylistic matter?

Normally, it is "Me too" (no comma).

Regards

So it's interchangeable, then? "You, too" or "you too" are both right? And do you say 'normally' because the comma is usually neglected, or because omitting it is preferred grammatically?

What about "I love you, too"?

Hi,

SnarfSo it's interchangeable, then? "You, too" or "you too" are both right?

I never suggested that they were interchangeable. That's a faulty reasoning, I'm afraid.

Please re-read my post.

SnarfAnd do you say 'normally' because the comma is usually neglected, or because omitting it is preferred grammatically?

Strictly speaking, when too means also, a comma should come before it, except when the word appears immediately after the subject, as in I too am new. If you're a nitpicker like me, you'll use commas in your examples. If you're like almost everyone else, you won't. Take your pick.

Hi,

Aspara GusStrictly speaking, when too means also, a comma should come before it, except when the word appears immediately after the subject, as in I too am new. If you're a nitpicker like me, you'll use commas in your examples. If you're like almost everyone else, you won't. Take your pick.

Sorry, but I have to disagree. I don't think that strict gra

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Regards*Please see http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-with-too.aspx

I quite often agree with Grammar Girl, but I don't agree with that part of her article at all.

RegardsThat said, I can assure you that in the vast majority o

Hi,

Aspara GusI quite often agree with Grammar Girl, but I don't agree with that part of her article.

Why?

Regards

RegardsWhy?

I don't normally think of commas as tools for optional pauses or emphasis. Following her line of reasoning, one could use a comma just about anywhere in a sentence so long as a pause is intended, or, for example, not use a comma after an interjection because no pause was intended. Grammar doesn't allow such freedom. Most people don't omit the comma

This is all very interesting to me.

Aspara GusStrictly speaking, when too means also, a comma should come before it, except when the word appears immediately after the subject, as in I too am new. If you're a nitpicker like me, you'll use commas in your examples. If you're like almost everyone else, you won't. Take your pick.

Why not after "I" there, then, Gus?

SnarfSo why in one and not the other? Or in "You, too, Tom," for that matter, since "you" is also a subject, no?

I meant to refer to complete sentences, not reduced ones. Those examples are not true sentences (no verbs) and are not comparable to my example.

- I love good olive oil.
- Me, too. (I do, too.)

- Have a