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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 11:49 AM
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(1) I am a Ford F150 Truck owner,too.

(2) I am also a Ford F150 Truck owner .

(3) I am a Ford F150 Truck owner,also.

(4) I,too am a Ford F150 Truck owner.


What is wrong or right?
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:00 PM
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I am not a linguist, but I believe all of them are grammatically correct, save for the spacing after the commas.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:07 PM
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Originally posted by webmaster
, save for the spacing after the commas.
Meaning, you have to put a space in after a comma?

Always? after every comma?
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:08 PM
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Hmm. I believe the only right one is #2.
 

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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:14 PM
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# 2 and #3 suggest that you are, among other things , a truck owner........ while the others suggest that you, like other truck owners, are a truck owner. Example: "I have the world's largest collection of monkey sock dolls. I also am a truck owner"

I think in #4 the comma should actually be after "too" or even omitted. It is, in my opinion, the best of the options. Example: "Fred has a truck. I too am a truck owner"
 

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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:45 PM
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Re: Grammar

Originally posted by F150Europe
What is wrong or right?
Hi F150Europe,

I think "Which is wrong or right?" is more appropiate than "What...".

As for the four choices, they're all from the 'wine & cheese set'.

Just say (or type), "I got a truck like your'n." and you'll be ok by me.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:45 PM
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Meaning, you have to put a space in after a comma?
Yep, that's what I referring to. As I said, grammatically I think they are all correct, but as has been pointed out, they may each have subtle differences in meaning.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 12:57 PM
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errrr, now that it has been brought up. It would be best to say "Which of these are correct and which are incorrect?"

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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:05 PM
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I think Raoul got it right...

Which of these IS correct and which IS incorrect?

But I could be wrong. Usually am, as witnessed by my verbal SAT score about ten years ago.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:09 PM
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Exclamation As an educator......

I know the correct answer, but I'm not telling! You people
need to find something else to write about. :o
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:10 PM
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Re: Re: Grammar

Originally posted by Raoul

As for the four choices, they're all from the 'wine & cheese set'.
??

"I got a truck like your'n."
your'n ??
 
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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:10 PM
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"are" leaves open the option that more than one of them are correct, "is" suggests that only one is correct.

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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:11 PM
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Very true...I was always better at math anyway...though in retrospect perhaps note, as it was almost 15 years ago!
 

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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:15 PM
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Better:

"I own a Ford truck, too."

This is more direct than using "I am also." Uses fewer words, too. That's the game: say it directly, and economically.

Space always follows a comma.

A comma should also follow the "too."

But, I don't mean to nit-pick. Email is generally informal in this context. What REALLY gets me going are the people who misuse "their" and "there"; "your" and "you're," and who have never heard of an apostrophe. 4th grade stuff.
 

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Old Sep 24, 2001 | 01:21 PM
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"I own a Ford truck, too."
Hmm, does not the placement of the too at the end of the sentence imply that the speaker owns a Ford truck in addition to something else?

Raoul: Say, Bob, I didn't know that this camel is your only form of transportation.

Bob: Raoul, you are correct. I own a Ford truck, too.
 
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