How many o’s does it take to say too?

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English, English usage, grammar, spelling

It seems to me that too many people don’t know when to use ‘to’ and when to use ‘too’. In Facebook posts, I constantly come across incorrect usage of both words and I find it quite irritating.

‘Too’ means, in addition; also; to an excessive extent, i.e. too sick to travel, whereas ‘to’, is used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing, i.e.they came to the house.

One way to choose is to think, do I mean in addition; also or to an excessive extent? If so, an additional ‘o’ is required. Otherwise, ‘to’ will do.

I’m not aware of any rhymes to remember this but I’d be pleased to hear from anyone who is.

Ken Balneaves wrote, The Greatest Gift, available at http://amzn.to/QF7RLd (US), http://amzn.to/O12kgX (UK)

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The greatest errors

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grammar, missing spaces, Mistakes, spelling

It’s fortunate that the first print run was a short one as there are a number of mistakes still being found in THE GREATEST GIFT (available at http://www.balneaves.co.uk) as I read through. They need to be rectified before the major print run and before ebook conversion, both early January.