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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)


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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:38 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

--- Grandma, I love you.
--- _____.

A. Me too B. I agree C. Exactly D. I love you ,too.

which choice is right,why? thanks in advance.
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:57 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Both A and D are common.
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #3 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:14 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

thank you.
but doesn't "me too" here means "I love me ,too"? because:

for example'

--- I love music
----Me too. (===I love music, too)
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:04 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Nope, it means "I love you too", above.
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:27 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

i saw from somewhere saying that in this kind of situation "me too" is funny. because : ---- " i love you, Tom" (you=Tom)
----Me too. (it shoud refer to the "you" above, just like the other example "music" is the key word. so "Me too" here means :I love myself---that's funny)

I'm confused. Are you sure"Me too" here is right?
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #6 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:58 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Yeah, me too is kind of out of place, I reckon.
I think we use me too like this

I like apples
Me too
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #7 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:02 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

so there are different ideas, who can tell me the final right choice? Are you native speakers?
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #8 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:16 am   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Which choice would you like to hear? Do you want what is prescriptively correct, or would you like to know how the expression "me too" is used?
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #9 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 13:51 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

I just want to know if A is a proper choice. I know D is right. thank you.
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #10 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:05 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Moderators, please help me!
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #11 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:22 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Hi Vaok

Will the opinion of an Ex-moderator do? Laughing

If that sentence is from a test, the author probably wants you to choose option D. That is not only a correct response, but also a perfectly normal response for a grandma to make.

Option A also might possibly be used by Grandma. However, option A might be even more likely in a scenario such as this:

Grandchild A: Grandma, I love you.
Grandchild B: Me, too.
Grandchild C: Me, three!!!!
Grandma: (affectionately laughing) And I love all three of you.

Who knows -- Granny might even say "Me four". Laughing
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Grandchild B's "Me, too" would mean "I love you too, Grandma". In other words, Grandchild B wants to tell Grandma the same thing that Grandchild A just did.
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #12 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:33 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

However, option A might be even more likely in a scenario such as this:

Grandchild A: Grandma, I love you.
Grandchild B: Me, too.
Grandchild C: Me, three!!!!
Grandma: (affectionately laughing) And I love all three of you.

good imagination! it's quite reasonable .Thank you!

But if the conversation is between two lovers, can "Me too " still be proper?

man: I love you!
woman: Me too!(proper?)
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #13 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:48 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

Hi Vaok

People do use it that way. However, people also know that saying "Me, too" in that context technically means "Yeah, I love me too".

vaok wrote:
man: I love you!
woman: Me too!

In addition, I'd say you've got the conversation above backwards. Generally speaking, I think women are more likely to say "I love you", and men would be more likely to use "Me, too." -- a fact that tends to drive us women nuts. Laughing

Have you ever seen the movie "Ghost"?

Demi Moore: I love you.
Patrick Swayze: Ditto.
Laughing
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #14 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:57 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

I see. you mean "Me too" is used in the situation to mean "I love you ,too" though technically meaning " I love me too"' right?
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Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) #15 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 15:00 pm   Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...)
 

an idea just struck me:

woman A: I love my husband
woamn B: Me too.

Is "Me too" here proper or funny?
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