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ChanteSez … It takes two to make a thing go right

The words too, two, and to are small but carry big impact. It’s easy to write one when you meant the other.

Check out these tips to help you pick the right one:

Extra o = one extra, as in “She’s coming along, too.”
I always look at the letter W and think of two V’s, or I consider the way it’s pronounced, “double-u.” In this case, think two letters = two.
To is a preposition. Prepositions connect. Remember, the shortest way to connect = the short “to.”

I almost titled this “ChanteSez … Don’t contract a typo.” But there are one too many ways to read that sentence.

So let’s get to it: Contractions are pesky. What’s a contraction? Two words — one abbreviated — joined by an apostrophe.

Here’s an easy way to remember when you really want a contraction, particularly the most pesky one, involving the word “are.”