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Question

From the given options, identify the sentence(s) that has the incorrect usage of 'too':
  1. It's too late to stop him.
  2. Jerry was too young to watch the movie.
  3. You've eaten too many of those cakes.
  4. She is too a fat man.

A
It's too late to stop him.
B
Jerry was too young to watch the movie.
C
She is too a fat man.
D
You've eaten too many of those cakes.
Solution
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'Too' is an adverb of degree used as two distinct meaning: As an adverb meaning 'also' and meaning 'excessively' goes before the adjective or adverb it modifies. Option D is grammatically wrong and has incorrect usage of the adverb 'too'. Thus, option D is the correct answer.

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