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#2 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:57 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| Both A and D are common. |
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#3 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:14 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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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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#4 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:04 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| Nope, it means "I love you too", above. |
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#5 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:27 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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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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#6 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:58 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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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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#7 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:02 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| so there are different ideas, who can tell me the final right choice? Are you native speakers? |
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#8 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:16 am Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| 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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#9 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 13:51 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| I just want to know if A is a proper choice. I know D is right. thank you. |
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#10 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:05 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| Moderators, please help me! |
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#11 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:22 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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Hi Vaok
Will the opinion of an Ex-moderator do? 
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".  .
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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#12 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:33 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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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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#13 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:48 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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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. 
Have you ever seen the movie "Ghost"?
Demi Moore: I love you. Patrick Swayze: Ditto.
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#14 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 14:57 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| 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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#15 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 15:00 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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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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