Date:  Tue, 15 Feb 1994 11:21:36 -0700

From:  Dan Brink <Dan.Brink[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ASU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Too in initial position



I agree that initial Too is not typical spoken English in the

American English I'm familiar with. But, as I stated earlier,

<Then too> and <And then too> *do* seem normal, and indeed commonplace,

but only in a very specific situation: a group is discussing/arguing

about a topic, and someone puts forth an argument in support of

position 'A', and then I think of another argument in support of

position 'A', and I say: Then too, . . . I'm not sure I have

heard, or would use introductory 'too' in any other circumstance,

but this one seems very common.



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