When to to and when to too?
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Bugs2
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To is like this - "I'm going to the grocery store." Too is like this - "I like green, but I like blue too." It's like saying "as well" or "also" or "in addition to"
Confusing indeed 
it is as if my mad ninja skills (or maybe my Spidy sence) sometimes warnes me to use too 
it is as if my mad ninja skills (or maybe my Spidy sence) sometimes warnes me to use too 
as stated above, "too" means "also", or as an adjective... "that green dress was just too much for her"..... "to" never means either of those.
Are you going to the store, too? (also)
We could also throw in "two", but let's don't get too crazy.. (adjective)
Are you going to the store, too? (also)
We could also throw in "two", but let's don't get too crazy.. (adjective)
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Depleted
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jennymae
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English is not your first language? Uh, I thought it was
No, I only started speaking and writing English in my early twenties. We do have it as a second language in our Afrikaans schools but as a second language it was never difficult.
"To" is just a preposition. "I am going to the store."
"Too" can mean "also." "I am going, too."
"Too" can mean "excessive." "That is too much."
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Tinuviel
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Don't feel TOO bad, GandalfTheWhite. I've met a lot of people who speak English as their first language, and STILL have trouble with the too/to/two issue!
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wwjd_kilden
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What is your first language?
to is used in the setting of to do ; om (iets) te doen in Dutch, or direction: naar
too is in the setting of "too much" : te veel in Dutch
or "me too!" : ,..... no idea what that would be in Dutch
to is used in the setting of to do ; om (iets) te doen in Dutch, or direction: naar
too is in the setting of "too much" : te veel in Dutch
or "me too!" : ,..... no idea what that would be in Dutch
Now, how about there, their, and they're?
There - a location, over there
Their - a possessive, that is their car
They're - a conjugation (they are), they're going to do something
"They're going to take their car to the mechanic over there."
Clear as mud
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There - a location, over there
Their - a possessive, that is their car
They're - a conjugation (they are), they're going to do something
"They're going to take their car to the mechanic over there."
Clear as mud
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Thank you all for your replies. I will try to make mental notes
sud Africa?
So you speak British English..?
My younger brother has lived in Cambridge for the past several years, so every time I see him I say "ooooh.... say something in BRITISH".....
He is not amused, usually....
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jennymae
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Now, how about there, their, and they're?
There - a location, over there
Their - a possessive, that is their car
They're - a conjugation (they are), they're going to do something
"They're going to take their car to the mechanic over there."
Clear as mud
Clear as the Mississippi River
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jennymae
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He may not have acquired the language, but it sounds like your brother may have developed the dry British sense of humor.
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jennymae
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He may not have acquired the language, but it sounds like your brother may have developed the dry British sense of humor.
He may have him watch "Yes, Minister" the next time they meet