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too can also be interpreted as "too", "too" and "too much", modifying adjectives or adverbs, and when used with infinitives, it forms a too...to structure, which expresses negative meaning in a positive form. So that you can't. " But in the following cases, the structure of too...to does not mean negative meaning:

1. If the adjectives after too are anxious, apt, easy, eagle, kind, glad, ready, Willing, delivered, etc. Too is equivalent to very, extreme, granular (very, big, very), and the infinitive of verbs does not echo too but modifies adjectives, thus expressing positive meaning.

2. When there are words such as only,but,all before too, there is no negative meaning.

3. If there is not, never's too...to structure before too, it doesn't mean negative meaning, and not, never denies the predicate verb, which constitutes a double negative, thus indicating positive meaning. So can? " Solution.

4. If there is not before the infinitive, the structure of too...not to does not mean negative meaning, but a double negative means positive meaning. (very, very)? Can't [can] not? " Solution.

Related examples:

1. The road is too narrow to allow the passage of gondola.

This street is too narrow for large trucks to pass through.

2. He walked too slowly to catch up with me.

He walked too slowly to keep up with me.

Extended information:

1. Word usage

adv. (adverb)

1. too basically means "ye", "Huan" and "moreover", used in affirmative sentences and used in negative sentences. Too is usually located at the end of a sentence, and the comma before it is optional. In written language, it can be located in a sentence. At this time, there should be commas before and after it. In American English, too can be used at the beginning of a sentence, and there must be commas after it.

2. too is often used in spoken English as a "very, very" solution, which is equivalent to very.

3. too cannot be modified with very, but it can be modified with a little, a bit, rather, a lot, much or far.

4. too can be used as "too+adj.+a/an+n?" In sentence patterns, the two phrases

2. Discrimination of word meaning

adv. (adverb)

1. much too, too much

have the same structure, but the order is different. The difference in their meaning and usage is:

1)much too is followed by adjectives and adverbs to strengthen the tone. ?

2) the central word in too much is much, and too modifies much in any case, followed by uncountable nouns, used alone, followed by of phrases or pronouns, and placed at the end of sentences to modify verbs.

2, too, also, aswell, ideas, either, Morever

These words (groups) all mean "besides, there is". The differences are as follows:

1)also is generally used in affirmative sentences with emphasis, which is located between the subject and predicate, that is, before the notional verb and the auxiliary verb.

2. too is only used in affirmative sentences, usually at the end of the sentence, which is more colloquial than also.

3. That is generally only used in negative sentences, mostly at the end of sentences.

4. as well as too is used in spoken English, it is placed at the end of the sentence.

5. The meanings of besides and morever are basically the same, but what is described later is usually more important or further than what is described earlier. In terms of word order, morever is often used at the beginning of a sentence, and morever is a more formal term.