Wednesday, July 13, 2011

to, two, 2, too

To or to means towards, or  in the direction of--
Let's go to the burger place.
This is the way to my house.
To also means with the object or goal of--
I want to get a hamburger.
Give that burger to me.
To may express reaction or relationship, proportion--
The burger stand is close to our house.
To may be used to express an action as the "object" of another action--usually called the infinitive--as in the verb forms "to be", "to have", "to hold ", and others--
I would like to have a hamburger.
It's hard to hold a burger with one hand.


Two or two ( rhymes with to ) means the number 2 --2 or two of something--
I'll have two hamburgers, please.
Did you say one or two?

Too or too ( rhymes with to )means an excess amount, more than enough, an unwanted extra something--
Don't put too much ketchup on my hamburger, please.
This is too expensive.

Now that you know that you can say--
" I'd like to have two hamburgers without too much ketchup, please."

Note-"tew"  ( rhymes with few ) means to work very hard--
Take it easy--you don't have to tew like a medieval peasant.
 Note # 2--a  "tutu"  ( pronounced too too ) is the fluffy net or tulle skirt a ballerina wears--
She wanted to take ballet lessons so that she could wear a tutu.

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