[Help] Need help from the punctuation police!

[pb21]

I should ask pb21,he's a bit of a know-it-all.

Yep, I even knew you mentioned me in a post without using the @ prefix to my username.

 

[Juan Albion]

Easier to make a case for different emphases rather than different pronunciation, for sure.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Fight.

The first rule of To/Too/Two Club is: You do not talk about To/Too/Two Club. The second rule of To/Too/Two Club is: You do not talk about To/Too/Two Club. Third rule of To/Too/Two Club: Someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only To/Too/Two guys to a fight.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Not always. I can correct you if you'd like me to

Very good... In certain cercumstances I guess.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

A woman came into work last night and said she'd been to Tescos on her way in. She hadn't.

 

[studio150]

What has this to do with the punctuation Police?

Can I suggest you seek assistance from an elocution expert, or the grammar Police for the written form of to, too and two.

 

[Coalburner]

Surely punctuation is part of grammar, so one Police Force will cover both

 

[PeterOut]

Surely punctuation is part of grammar, so one Police Force will cover both

A merging of Police Forces? That would never happen in Sussex, or Surrey for that matter! Oh, wait....

 

[A mex eyecan]

Geez is this it?, topics about how to post about two things, that is just too frigging boring

 

[dazzer6666]

The dancer came into the studio. My daughter wanted to dance in the recital too. So the two dancers went to their dressing rooms and put on their tutus.

Each emphasized word is pronounced the same way.

In English we use 'emphasised'

 

[darkwolf666]

To, too and two

Are they prounced the same or differently?

Someone here doesn't think they are prounced the same!

And not forgetting Tui, which is pronounced differently

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Yes, they are.

How on earth do you pronounce them differently?

to, also and one plus one?

 

[SUA Seagull]

That's triggered a childhood memory of a rhyme my mum used to sing when I was a kid

One one was a racehorse
Tutu was one too
Tutu won a horserace
One one won one too

Makes me smile to this day!

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

In a sentence, 'to' is shortened to t'.

That's about it.

This. As far as I can tell this is the only difference between the three. They’re homophones. The whole point is that they sound the same.

 

[dazzer6666]

This. As far as I can tell this is the only difference between the three. They’re homophones. The whole point is that they sound the same.

Think the way in which 'too' is stressed can be slightly different to 'to' ?

'I'll be watching the match'

'Yes, I'm going too'

vs

'You'd better leave now'

'Yes, I'm going to'

 

[Albion my Albion]

In English we use 'emphasised'

You got me. I should have looked to see what the speller check was doing.

 

[MrSnuggles]

In the english exam jack where Mary had had had had had had had had had was correct. Sort that one out!

 

[banjo]

this, "too" is an elongated sound. you will probably slightly voice a w in "two", silently at the end though. say it, do one, two and see if you dont ever so slightly make a "w" mouth movement.

As in twit twoo.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The dancer came into the studio. My daughter wanted to dance in the recital too. So the two dancers went to their dressing rooms and put on their tutus.

Each emphasized word is pronounced the same way.

Mmmm not by me.

Went t'dance in the recital too

Only a robot or someobe with a brain injury would pronounce it 'too' dance.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

As in twit twoo.

As in Green wing

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