Saturday, 3 July 2010

too




1 We can use an infinitive structure after too.

too + adjective/adverb + infinitive




  • He's too old to work

  • It's too cold to play tennis.

  • We arrived too late to have dinner.


We can also use a structure with for + object + infinitive.

too + adjective/adverb + for + object + infinitive




  • It's too late for the pubs to be open.

  • The runway's too short for planes to land


2 We can modify too with much, a lot, far, a little, a bit or rather.

  • much too old (NOT very too old)

  • a little too confident

  • a lot too big

  • a bit too soon

  • far too ycung

  • rather too often


3 Don't confuse too and too much. We do not use too much before an adjective without a noun, or an adverb.

  • You are too kind to me. (NOT . . . too much kind to me.)

  • I arrived too early (NOT      too much early )


4 Don't confuse too and very. Too means 'more than enough', 'more than necessary'.

  • He's a very intelligent child.

  • He's too intelligent for his class — he's not learning anything.

  • It was very cold, but we went out.

  • It was too cold to go out, so we stayed at home.

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