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[Sebastian Krämer]

On Monday 11 July 2005 18:20, Ivo wrote:
> On Monday 11 July 2005 10:57, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > Nothing to do with the parentheses.  "too" as the last word of a
> > sentence meaning "as well" always gets separated by a comma AFAIK.
>
> Can you explain why? I have never heard of such a rule. AFAIK a comma is
> used to indicate a pause or separate elements (like in a list or parts of a
> sentence that can be ommitted without changing the meaning of the sentence,
> etc..). In this case, it looks odd to me.

No I got curious too. ;)

From what I remember from school, Diego's right. However, I decided to google 
with the term 'grammar comma ", too" ' and found this anecdote: 
http://writingcorner.com/tips/grammar/too.htm
So it seems we aren't the only curious ones about that subject. I then grabbed 
my favourite book for any questions on english vocabulary and grammar, the 
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. I'll quote a part of the entry for 
"too":

too /tu:/ adv *1* (usu placed at the end of a clause) also: They all wanted to 
go to the cinema, so I went too. [...] *3* what is more; to make the 
situation worse: She broke her leg last week -- and on her birthday, too! 
[...]

So there is a rule about a comma before a "too". However, if you're asking me, 
we should go without a comma in this special case.

Hope that clarified a bit.

Sebastian