I have always thought that when you use the word "too" at the end of a sentence you are to use a comma just prior to it.
ie: "I love you, too!" or "I would like to go, too."
So, my question is are you supposed to separate your sentence with a comma before adding the word "too" at the end????
2007-02-23 07:25:48 · 10 answers · asked by debralynn67 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
That's correct. A comma is needed. It's a very common mistake. I've edited many of my peers' papers... the comma gets them, too. (haha!)
It's an unknown, unspoken rule... not many people follow this rule. According to society, it's alright with or without the comma. (The same as when you're listing three things... it's taught to put a comma after the second thing [blue, green, and red] while it is also acceptable to write it without [blue, green and red].
It's the same as if you wrote this sentence:
Anna, too, would like to come to the party.
If the sentence were moved around, the comma would still be present:
Anna would like to come to the party, too.
"Too" is an anticident (a phrase or word set off by a comma) when used most of the time and needs to be separated from the sentence by a comma.
2007-02-23 10:08:10 · answer #1 · answered by Squeegee Beckingheim :-) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By using a comma prior to using too you change the context of what you are saying.
In your second example you signal you want to accompany someone some where.
If you swap too for also you will catch my meaning
2007-02-23 08:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you DO need the comma before "too". I typed your example sentence into Microsoft word and clicked spelling and grammar check, just to be safe. there were no mistakes.
2007-02-23 07:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, as adding a comma at the end doesn't make the sentecne read well. Just write the sentece without the comma.
2007-02-23 07:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by Noodle 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is always a good time to use the word "buttmunch". Like right now...You, my friend, are a buttmunch!
2016-03-29 09:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The comma is unnecessary and is in fact, wrong.
2007-02-23 07:36:14 · answer #6 · answered by coffee 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
But what about TO and TWO? Maybe too is included someome or describing something. The water is too hot. I would like to go too. There were two birds on the branch of the tree.
2007-02-23 07:31:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No it isn't necessary. Too is like also in those sentence.
2007-02-23 07:31:03 · answer #8 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't.
2007-02-23 07:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by Caramella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-02-23 07:34:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋