When I use "also", when "even" and when "too"?
I know these three words have more or less the same meaning, but I often go wrong using them... Could you explain me in which kind of sentences I should use each word?
Could you make some exemples?
Thank you in advance!
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Also and too can be used interchangeably in most cases. For example:
I like cookies too
I like cookies also.
Both too and also are used for additional commenting. Examples:
I like candy. I like cookies too.
I like candy. I like cookies also.
Sam: Do you watch Law and Order?
Jean: I do watch Law and Order.
Sam: I watch it too/also.
Give me back my flashlight. Also give me back my watch. //also can be used at the beginning of a sentence but too can not. It would be wrong to say: "Too give me back my watch" but you could say "Give me back my watch too." Both too and also can be used at the end of a sentence.
Too is the preferred informal word to use instead of also. The only real case to avoid using too, and instead you would say also, is if you already have a "to" or "two" in a sentence. For example:
I would like two cookies too. I would like to go to Asia too.
instead say:
I would like two cookies also. I would like to go to Asia also.
Too can be used to describe extreme extent. Also can not be used in these cases. Examples:
That hat is too big for her head.
She ate too much.
"Even" does not have the same meaning as "also" and "too" and is used in a different context. Even is used to mean in spite of, although, despite, etc. Generally even is followed by though: even though. For example:
I like chocolate cake, even though I do not like cake.
I eat watermelon candy even though I do not like watermelon.
Even does have cases where it seems like it is like "too" and "also". For example:
I will add a remote, I will add a television, I will even add a cellphone to your purchase.
sentence meaning: I will add a remote and a television and despite giving you both a remote and a television, I will add a cellphone to your purchase.
In this case it might seem like it is like "too" and "also", however, the meaning is still despite/although with a hint of "too"/"also.
Hopefully too, also, and even are less confusing.
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you can say 'too', like this:
it's too far, it's too late
this is word(too) like very, maybe:)
'also' it is when you want to say 'and i also like drink cola'
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