A few questions..?

Question

When someone says thank you, do you say "your welcome" or "you're welcome?"

And my teacher said that when you say "too much" or "too bad" or something it's actually spelled "to" instead of "too."
She says that the word "too" can only be used in sentences that the word can be repaced by the word "also."
Is this true?

I've just asked several people and no one is sure.

Answer 1

Wow...your teacher is not correct, and this scares me a lot!!!

When you want to reply to someone who said thank you, you say, "You're welcome". The word you're is an abbreviated form of the words "you are"...the apostrophe replaces the "a" in "are".

If you said "your welcome", you would be implying that there was a welcome that belonged to the person you were speaking with.

When you want to express that there is more than what is needed, you say, "too much".
One of the definitions of the word "too" is:
to an excessive extent or degree; beyond what is desirable, fitting, or right

Please let your parents know that your teacher is giving you bad information. It is not appropriate for her to teach you the wrong thing.

Answer 2

You are welcome. The contraction is You're Welcome. (To say Your Welcome implies that it's not my welcome and that doesn't make sense.

Your teacher needs to go back to school. The word too has several definitions (see below). Usage 2 applies here.
(Keep challenging the teacher - they don't know everything!!)

too
adv.


1. In addition; also: He's coming along too.
2. More than enough; excessively: She worries too much.
3. To a regrettable degree: My error was all too apparent.
4. Very; extremely; immensely: He's only too willing to be of service.
5. Informal Indeed; so: You will too do it!
Usage Note: Some language critics have objected to the use of not too as an equivalent of not very, as in She was not too pleased with the results. In many contexts this construction is entirely idiomatic and should pass without notice: It wasn't too long ago that deregulation was being hailed as the savior of the savings and loan industry. It was not too bright of them to build in an area where rock slides occur. In these cases not too adds a note of ironic understatement.·Negation of too by can't may sometimes lead to ambiguities, as in You can't check your child's temperature too often, which may mean either that the temperature should be checked only occasionally or that it should be checked as frequently as possible.·Too meaning "in addition" or "also" is sometimes used to introduce a sentence: There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Too, rates have been increasing. There is nothing grammatically wrong with this usage, but some critics consider it awkward.
-MM

Answer 3

You say " You're welcome!" You're ( short for 'You are' )

to:
Xena is going to Athens. ( 'to' is a preposition indicating direction)

too:
Too as an adverb meaning 'more than is necessary or useful' goes before adjectives and adverbs, e.g.

This coffee is too hot. (adjective)
He works too hard. (adverb)

We can also use 'to + infinitive' after enough and too with adjectives/adverb.

Example:

The coffee was too hot to drink.
He didn't work hard enough to pass the exam.
She's not old enough to get married.
You're too young to have grandchildren!


Both used together in a sentence:

Two women are going to Athens, and a horse is going too.

Answer 4

No, "too" has many meanings. It can mean "also", it can mean "to an excessice degree", it can mean "so", like in "I didn't do it! - You did too!"

So too much, too bad, there you're using the second meaning - to an excessive degree.

And it's You are welcome, not your welcome.

Yeah, if you ask American people, no one would be sure; everybody confuses you're, your, he's, his, who's, whose, their, they're, there, etc..... You have to ask someone from another country who speaks english. They would know. English is too hard for Americans.

Answer 5

I thought "Too" means somthing like this "I will go too" which could also be like "I will go also" so that does work. and I always say "your welcome" never with a "you're" I dont know why it is kinda crazy. I have never thought about somthing like that before! LOL!!! That is a great Question, keep it up!

Answer 6

you would say "you're welcome"and for using to and too, to is used as like im going to the store and too is used as i like you too much so actually your teacher was wrong and you were right. you would use "you're" instead of your because you saying you are welcome, meanig the other person is welcome

Answer 7

Answer #1 is correct but what you just stated about your teacher's remarks is proof of what is wrong with education today and yes, it is scarey! To think that you are being taught incorrect rules of grammar by someone who obviously was also taught incorrectly is terrifying.

Answer 8

It's "You're Welcome"

And I don't think it's "to"...I think it's "too"
So you're teacher is probably wrong.

Answer 9

you're welcome - when you thank me, i'm responding "you are welcome". "Your welcome" in this context just doesn't make sense. If you said when you knocked on the door and it was opened, the guy punched you in the nose, I might say "your welcome was not very friendly" ("your" welcome as opposed to mine or somebody else's).

Your teacher is wrong, it is "too", "to" doesn't make any sense. "Also" is not the only meaning of "too", check it in a dictionary.

Answer 10

"too" is also used to express excess as you used it in your question, "too much" or "too bad" and you would say "You're welcome" (as in you are welcome), "your" shows ownership, as in "your teacher is wrong"