{"id":97,"date":"2014-03-24T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T23:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2017-03-04T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:42:16","slug":"the-difference-between-to-two-and-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/journal\/notes\/the-difference-between-to-two-and-too\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference between to, two and too"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n TLDR:<\/strong> To<\/em> is a preposition, too<\/em> means ‘as well’ and two<\/em> is more than one.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I did an example of every single usage of the word to<\/em>, we\u2019d be here all day, so I\u2019ll select the most commonly used ones.<\/p>\n

to (preposition)\u2014used in the expressing of direction; reaching a certain condition; demonstrating that two things are connected; expressing the relationship of two things<\/p>\n

\n Sally walked down to the shops.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reginald\u2019s smile quickly changed to a frown.<\/em><\/p>\n

She pulled but her foot was stuck firmly to the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n

Uncle Harry is married to a woman called Sheryl.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

two (cardinal number)\u2014the sum of one and one; one less than three; 2<\/p>\n

\n The train only had two carriages.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s two o\u2019clock on the rocket clock!<\/em><\/p>\n

The children walked along the street in twos.<\/em><\/p>\n

He gave a great swipe and cut the watermelon clean in two.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

too (adverb)\u2014as well, also, in addition to; to a higher amount or degree than expected or desirable<\/p>\n

\n \u2018Oh, are you coming on the excursion too?\u2019 Jane asked.<\/em><\/p>\n

When he reached the car, he realised that he, too, had forgotten his briefcase.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018This is simply too much to handle!\u2019 the teacher moaned.<\/em><\/p>\n

Accidents are all too common along this stretch of road.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All together now!<\/p>\n

\n On the road to<\/strong> London, two<\/strong> cars drove much too<\/strong> fast.<\/em><\/p>\n

At a quarter past two<\/strong>, it was still too<\/strong> hot to<\/strong> go for a walk.<\/em><\/p>\n

The price of fuel was too<\/strong> high, so I drove to<\/strong> the next town and got two<\/strong> cents off at the local petrol station.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These three are notoriously misused in social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}