I have a grammer question...well acouple...?

Question

Ok yeah yeah I know since I am 19 I should be able do grammer pretty well since I am in college.

Anyways, I am writing a paper for my writing 122 class and I feel like I am doing some comma happy things... here let me write the sentence with my grammer on it and tell me if its wrong or not which I am pretty sure they are wrong.



I refuse to wait this long in traffic to consult my doctor. Either way, I am going to have to sit here, for the third time, while the light has changes green. You probably will not understand where my spite is coming from. Of course, I understand, though, it may be hard to explain.

(does this sentance sound right?)

Houses were not built too close together nor were there crowed and congested streets.

ok now my my huge retarted question....what is the differece between too and to.....Do I write too when I say something like, "There are too many candles" right, right?

Answer 1

I believe the rule of thumb is to not have more than 3 separate parts to any sentence.

Your sentences make enough sense, but remove the word "has" between "light" and "changes".or change "changes" to "changed to".

The last sentence has more than 3 parts so I suggest you make 2 sentences out of that group of thoughts, somehow, with "Of course, I understand. Though, it may be hard to explain."

The next sentence makes sense, but is missing a "d" in the word "crowded".

Retarded is the correct spelling of that word.

Let's say you could light 3 candles with one match, but you have 5 candles. You'd have two too many candles to light with one match.

I used to refuse to do my own English essays, although I knew I could get a much better grade, simply because I didn't like the teacher nit-picking. Like i just did ... lol

I hope you do much better than I.

Answer 2

Well, let's start with the difference be "to" and "too". If you just think of the word "too" as a substitute as "also" you should be okay. It also means "a lot"

Here is my edited version of your paragraph:

"I refuse to wait this long in traffic to consult my doctor. Either way, I am going to have to sit here for the third time, while the light changes green. You probably will not understand where my spite is coming from. Of course I understand, though it may be hard to explain."

And lastly:


"Houses were not built too close together, nor were there crowded and congested streets. "

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 3

I refuse to wait this long in traffic to consult my doctor. Either way, I am going to have to sit here, for the third time, while the light has changes green.AWK WAY TO START A SENTENCE - NEED TO REWORD AND THE SENTENCE DOESN'T CONCLUDE ANYTHING - DO NOT WRITE LIKE YOU ARE JUST SPEAKING...I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. You probably will not understand where my spite is coming from. DO NOT WRITE AS IF YOU ARE SPEAKING - TAKE THE SENTENCE BY ITSELF WITHOUT THE PREVIOUS - DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S SAYING? Of course, I understand, though, it may be hard to explain. -AWK

-YOU NEED TO ASSUME THAT YOUR AUDIENCE HAS NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT....READ THE SENTENCE OUTLOUD TO YOURSELF....IF SOMEONE SAID THAT TO YOU....WOULD IT MAKE SENSE?

too vs to -
your candle sentence is correct....

Answer 4

Hi!
Your first paragraph contains some run-on sentences.
All the commas in the first two paragraphs seem to me to be placed correctly except that I would exclude the very last comma in the last paragraph (the one following "though").
In your sentence that starts with the word "Houses," I believe you intended the word "crowded" rather than "crowed." Also, I would move the word "streets" to before the word "crowded" and change "there" to "the." For that matter, using both "crowded" and "congested" might be considered to be redundant.
In your final sentence: yes, you have used the word "too" correctly.

Answer 5

The first part does not make sense. Revise that to get a better grade.

The second part should say, " Houses were not built too close together nor were their crowded and congested streets. " NO COMMA

too= many, more, in addition to Ex. I am good at softball and basketball, too.
to= to give to someone Ex. Who do I give this to?
two= the number 2

Answer 6

Yes you are a bit comma happy. All those commas can be removed. The comma is used to join two thoughts that could be two sentences. Of course I understand, though it may be hard to explain. that is the only comma you need. She was right about "Too"

Answer 7

Too is used as also (I want some cookies too.) and when you put it in front of a word such as many to show an excess. I have too many dogs. This food is too bad to serve to our guests. I never knew it was too far to walk.

I don't think there should be a comma after though. (Of course, I understand, though it may be hard to explain.)

Answer 8

i can't really help with the comma thing because i suck at it but i can help with the question about too and to.
to is a preposition it tells a place for example "go TO the store."
too means in addition, many, very, extremely for example "it is too cold for shorts. my hair is too short for a ponytail."

Answer 9

The computer will help you with your spelling if you let it.