The Difference Between 'To' and 'Too'

'To' comes before an infinitive verb,

• I like to swim.
• We plan to eat at 4:00 pm.

or indicates movement or direction towards,

• Walk to the bus stop with me.
• We flew to Paris last year.
• She had her back to [=towards] the teacher.
• They sent an e-mail to all the participants.

or tells the location of an activity:

• He goes to school with us.
• He wore a new outfit to the party.
• We invited them to lunch with us.

'Too' means "also"

• I got three books and a new bag too.
• You like pizza? Me too!

or "more than what is needed or wanted":

• It was too hot outside yesterday.
• She put too much salt in the cookie batter.
• I have too many things to do today.

To learn more ways to use 'to' and 'too' visit /dictionary/too and /dictionary/to where you will find more meanings and many more example sentences.

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