Two too many to cope with?

A quick guide on the differences between two, too and to:

• Let’s get the easy one out of the way first: two is 2 – the whole number between one and three.
• Too has two meanings: “as well” and “excessively”:
  • If you’re going shopping, can I come too? (Can I come as well?)
  • No, you can’t; it’ll be too crowded in the car. (The car will be overcrowded.)
• To is also used in two different ways:
  • One is in the general sense of “in the direction of”: for instance, “We’re going to the shops.”
  • The other is a little more difficult to explain; it’s used to introduce the basic form of a verb (like go, eat, say) that doesn’t itself have a subject. (The subject of a verb is the person or thing that’s doing the activity – like I go, you eat, Jackie Wilson says.) For instance:
    • I have to go now.
    • This used to be my favourite song.
    • He doesn’t intend to pay.

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