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[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 07:07:13PM +0200, Sebastian Krämer wrote:
> 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.

Not really ;)

My Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language
is inconclusive as well.  And googling around didn't help me clarify
this at all...

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.Commas.html

Diego