YET: YOUR ESL TEACHER - grammar - count, non-count
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ESL GRAMMAR

COUNT & NON-COUNTtoo, too much, too many

UPDATED: NOV 2021

MEANING:

too = excess
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  • too is also used to indicate something negative or bad.
     
  • too + adjective (tall, fat, rich, poor, etc)

  • too many + noun+S  (cars, books, friends, etc)

  • too much + noun  (money, cash, water, air, time, etc
CORRECT & INCORRECT

  • I like to travel too much. <-INCORRECT

  • I love to travel a lot.  <-CORRECT

  • He is too rich.  <-INCORRECT
    -  being rich is not considered something "bad".
    -  if being rich puts you in danger, then you could use it.

  • "He is too rich to be going out late at night to those crazy bars."  <-CORRECT

  • "He is too rich to walk to the store late at night. <-CORRECT
    (walking to the store at night can be dangerous if you are rich, thus "too" can be used because = "bad")

  • He is very rich.  <-CORRECT
EXAMPLES:

too + adjective

too much + non-count noun

too many + count noun
  • He is too fat to play tennis.​
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  • ​He is too lazy to learn English.

  • He's too old to play tennis.
  • ​He works too much.​
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  • Trump talks too much.​​

  • It's too hot to play tennis.
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  • Mary has too much homework to go to the party.  

  • I watch too much TV.  
  • Roger has too many problems.
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  • There are too many students in the class.
     
  • Do you think there are too many students in the class?
NOTE: so .... that

  • so + adjective + that  = too 

  • He is too fat to play tennis.  /  He is so fat that I can't play tennis.

  • He is too lazy to learn English.  /  He is so lazy that he can't learn English.