Everything in Particular

Are you thinking “what the [exclamatory word goes here] does that mean? “? If you are, just remember your stupor now for when you say “well duh!” at the end of the thought. The idea here isn’t what’s important, the phrase (”too is a negative word”) is.

What???

Just like when listing our vowels we say “A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y”. When listing negatives we can say “not, cannot, can’t, will not, won’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t, …, wouldn’t, haven’t and sometimes too”.

examples:

too hungry, too tired, too sweet, too sour, too much etc etc etc.

That’s right put “too” in front of just about anything and (as long as sarcasm isn’t implied) it’s probably not a good thing. This is certainly no revelation for any native or even ESL English speaker, but calling “too” a negative word is probably new for most people.

And so I say again “too is a negative word” … sometimes :).

An obvious example of when it’s not negative: “I would like some pizza too.” (as I often hear my friend Alma exclaim)