Grammar

to / too / two

Three words, one sound, and you are picking by vibe.

  • Wrong: Me to!

    Right: Me too!

    Meaning “also.” That’s too—the one with too many Os.

  • Wrong: It’s to expensive.

    Right: It’s too expensive.

    Excessive. Too again.

  • Wrong: I’m going too the store.

    Right: I’m going to the store.

    Direction. Plain to.

The mnemonic

Too has an extra O because it means extra—too much, too many, and “me too” as in also.

Two is the number, and it keeps the W from twice, twin, and twelve.

To is everything else: direction (to the store) and the front half of a verb (to run). It’s the default—if the other two don’t apply, it’s this one.

Now go say me too and mean it.