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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
'Too' or 'also'?
Hello,
What's the diffrence between 'also' and 'too'?
1.She reads English, and she also speaks it.
2.Jane is here, and Tm is here too.
Can I say She reads English, and she speaks it too.
Jane is here, and Tim is also here.
If I use 'as well' in either of them will it change the meaning?
Thanks
What's the diffrence between 'also' and 'too'?
1.She reads English, and she also speaks it.
2.Jane is here, and Tm is here too.
Can I say She reads English, and she speaks it too.
Jane is here, and Tim is also here.
If I use 'as well' in either of them will it change the meaning?
Thanks
Top answer
You can use all of them (too, also, as well) with no difference in meaning.
- You can use all of them (too, also, as well) with no difference in meaning.
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You can use all of them (too, also, as well) with no difference in meaning.
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All three - also, too and as well - are pretty interchangeable. They all mean "in addition". The difference is in where they come in a sentence, as you already seem to know by the examples you used.
"too" and "as well" like to come at the end of a sentence.
e.g. ...Tim is here too. / ...Tim is here as well.
...she speaks it too. / ...she speaks it
"too" and "as well" like to come at the end of a sentence.
e.g. ...Tim is here too. / ...Tim is here as well.
...she speaks it too. / ...she speaks it
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Thank you very much:). It was not confusing at all, but very informative and interesting.
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BEWARE! Sometimes changing the position can change the meaning:
e.g. She speaks it too. / She, too, speaks it.
The first sentence can mean anything from "she speaks it in addition to speaking something else", to "she speaks it in addition to someone else" or "she speaks it in addition to doing something else with it".
The second sentence means she speaks it in add
e.g. She speaks it too. / She, too, speaks it.
The first sentence can mean anything from "she speaks it in addition to speaking something else", to "she speaks it in addition to someone else" or "she speaks it in addition to doing something else with it".
The second sentence means she speaks it in add
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She speaks it also. X
She also speaks it. v
She, also, speaks it. X
The top one isn't used, as "also" doesn't normally come at the end of a sentence. The second one isambiguous, as with the first sentence in my other example. The bottom one would mean the sa
She also speaks it. v
She, also, speaks it. X
The top one isn't used, as "also" doesn't normally come at the end of a sentence. The second one isambiguous, as with the first sentence in my other example. The bottom one would mean the sa
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