Tom is tall, and "Henry's" too . is that correct?
Hi all,
Can we abbreviate "Henry is too " to "Henry's too" ? Could you explain?
- Tom is tall, and Henry's too
- Tom is tall, and Henry is, too
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I don't know of any 'specific' gramatical reason why you can't abbreviate a word at the end of a sentence, but it's frowned upon. It reads awkwardly/unnaturally.
If I had to guess it's because it reads more like something belonging to Henry. It is Henry's, for example.
If you have this type of sentence you can either:
- Use the non abbreviated version: Tom is tall and Henry is too.
- Restructure your sentence a bit: Tom is tall and so is Henry. Or, Both Tom and Henry are tall.
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The best answer is "Tom is tall, so is Henry"
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You need to say 'Henry is' here. You could say 'and Henry's tall too', but not 'and Henry's too'.
The contraction shouldn't come before a word like 'too'. I'm not sure how to explain it in more detail, but hopefully that's enough :)
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No
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