Too and to - too meaning as well

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'Too' is used in expressions like 'I can do it too'.
(It means the same as 'as well' or 'also'.)
 


'Too' Meaning Also or As Well

Using 'too' to mean 'as well' or 'also' is extremely common (as is using 'too' meaning 'in excess').

Examples:

I have been there too. 
(I have been there as well. / I have also been there.)


              This is wrong - should be 'too'
                 (advice offered in a newspaper)

Could you explain that to Sharon too. 
("to Sharon" - preposition / "too" - means 'as well')

He wrote: "Life is too short to drink cheap beer" on the wall and then drove to 
the tattoo artist, who wrote it on his back too.
("too short" - 'too' meaning 'in excess' / "to drink" - 'to' showing infinitive verb / "to the tattoo artist" - 'to' as a preposition / "his back too" - too meaning 'as well')
Associated lessons:
 
To (infinitive verb) and too
To and too (meaning in excess)
To (preposition) and too 		 
 

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