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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

too happy

0Hi everyone. I have a question about the 'too' in the negative sentence.02br
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01i00I wasn't going to be too happy freezing in a wet tent.02i02br
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00Does the sentence above mean exactry the same as the one below?02br
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01i00I was going to be too unhappy freezing in a wet tent.02i02br
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00Thanks.02br
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02br 02br 00I'm not too happy = I'm very unhappy02br 02br 00So yes, your two sentences mean the same thing, but you probably wouldn't phrase the second one that way. 0-

— Lil' Ruby Rose

  • 02br 02br 00I'm not too happy = I'm very unhappy02br 02br 00So yes, your two sentences mean the same thing, but you probably wouldn't phrase the second one that way.
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0It's a stylistic thing - it's very British, but used often all over the English-speaking community.02br
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00I'm not too happy = I'm very unhappy02br
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00So yes, your two sentences mean the same thing, but you probably wouldn't phrase the second one that way. 0-
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0I'm not too happy = I'm very unhappy02br
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00I understand.02br
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00Thanks LRR050010id1
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0 It doesn't mean the same thing in the U.S.02br
00 Here, 01i00too02i00 after a negative is equivalent to 01i00very02i00.02br
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01i00I'm not too happy. = I'm not very happy.02i02br
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0I understand thanks to both of you.050010id1
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I was unaware the phrase "I'm not too happy." was "very British". English speaking people that don't study English are not aware this phrase would be really confusing to someone learning English. We think of the meaning "I'm very unhappy" when we say it and not the fact that technically it should mean "I'm Happy.".
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