USING Also, Too, or As well

What is the difference between also, too and as well?

You use also, too, or as well when you are giving more information about something.

• also
Also is usually used in front of a verb. If there is no auxiliary verb, you put also immediately in front of
the verb, unless the verb is be.
• I also began to be interested in cricket.
• They also helped out.
• If the verb is be, you put also after it.
• I enjoyed my job, but I was also ambitious.
If there is an auxiliary verb, you put also after the auxiliary verb.
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If there is more than one auxiliary verb, you put also after the first one.
• We'll also be learning about healthy eating.
Also is sometimes put at the beginning of a clause.
• She's a very good teacher. Also, she writes poetry.
Don't put also at the end of a clause.

• too
You usually put too at the end of a clause.
• Now the problem affects middle-class children, too.
• I'll miss you, and Steve will, too.
In conversation, too is used after a word or phrase when you are making a brief comment on something
that has just been said.
• `The service was terrible so I've asked for a refund.' – `Quite right, too.'
• `They've finished mending the road.' – `About time, too!'
Too is sometimes put after the first noun phrase in a clause.
• I wondered whether I too would become ill.
• , Melissa, too, felt miserable.
Don't put too at the beginning of a sentence.

• as well
As well always goes at the end of a clause.
• Fresh coffee is better for your health than instant coffee. And it tastes nicer as well.
• They will have a difficult year next year as well.

negatives
You don't usually use `also', `too', or `as well' in negative clauses.
Don't say, for example, `I'm not hungry and she's not hungry too'.
You say:
• `I'm not hungry and she's not hungry either', `I'm not hungry and neither is she', or `I'm not
hungry and nor is she'.
• Edward wasn't at the ceremony, either.
• `I don't normally drink coffee in the evening.' – `Neither do I.'