too

1.too通常比also语气轻。

2.too（也）在英国不用在句子或从句的开首，但在美国有时这样用，如下面两句是美国英语：

• Too, your plan will save a lot of money.
• You will go to the lecture, too, I shall go.

在英国说：

• Your plan will save a lot of money too.
• You will go to the lecture, I shall go too.

3.说“也不”不可在否定的词的后面用too，如可以说He did not come, and she too did not come，但不可说He did not come, and she did not come too，这里的too该改作either。说“不也”可以在否定的词的后面用too。例如：He came, but she did not come too. （他来了，但是她不会［也］来。）

4.too beautiful a garden比a too beautiful garden普通而自然，参见a, an 23。通常不说my too big dog，最好改作my dog, which is too big。

5.下面三句意思相同：

• It is too hot to eat.
• It is too hot to be eaten.
• It is too hot for eating.

但不可说It is too hot for being eaten。

下面两句都可以说，但第二句不很自然：

• It is too hot for me to eat.
• It is too hot to be eaten by me.

但不可说It is too hot for my eating或It is too hot for being eaten by me。

下面两句都可以说：

• I am too cold to sit outside.
• It is too cold to sit outside.

6.在过去分词前面，too跟too much的不同相当于very跟much的不同，参见much 3 (5)

7.可以说He could not speak, he was too angry。这句里的too的用法跟so 6里第五句He could not speak, he was so angry里的so的用法相仿。

8.谚语Too too will in two（过分亲密的朋友会吵嘴）里没有动词。

9.关于only too，参见only 5

10.关于none too，参见none 7

11.关于too ready to blame others, too ready to make mistakes等表达方式的结构，参见ready 2

比较下面每组里的两句：

• He is too ready to blame others.
  He is too ready to blame others to blame himself.(他太易于贵备别人，以至于不能责备自己。)
• She is too anxious to please.
  She is too anxious to please to please.(她太急于取悦于人,以至于不能取悦于人。)