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Rule "to/two (too) late/soon/much"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	to/two (too) late/soon/much
Message:	Did you mean <suggestion>too</suggestion>?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-to-too-two/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Ctoo%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	It broke because to much snow was on it. Correction suggestion: too I hate to replace them; they cost to much. Correction suggestion: too They cost two much money. Correction suggestion: too This led two much speculation. Correction suggestion: too ... but it was because to much power was going to the doorbell. Correction suggestion: too I hate to replace them; they cost to much. Correction suggestion: too It is possible for Smarttapps to fail if the runtimes increase to much. Correction suggestion: too Don’t change the report rate to report to much. Correction suggestion: too We’re trying to avoid to much speculation until we collect sufficient data. Correction suggestion: too What's been suggested isn’t to much of a stretch. Correction suggestion: too In hindsight, I gave to much credit to the rest of the NFC Correction suggestion: too My wife obviously has to much time. Correction suggestion: too
Correct sentences for comparison:	The password provides access to much more data. It's limited to much shorter terms. This led to much speculation. It is restricted to few objects. It is limited to few objects. He will never amount to much. It is applicable to few objects. He listened to much more. Did your efforts come to much? ... and this leads to much more. ... which leads to much more poverty. ... and this amounted to much noise and nothing more. ... which amounted to much more poverty. ... and which contributes to much poverty in this country. ... and this is also contributing to much poverty in this country. We're not going to go too much more into it. I do not think that Chinese married women of respectability could be induced to emigrate to much extent. He hasn't been up to much. I have talked to few students with Peter. The earliest phases of the Big Bang are subject to much speculation. The Flats have since then been home to much of the population of Greater Cape Town. We look more reasonable and agree to much of what UDCs are proposing. This led to much better "real world" performance. In fact, according to much research in psychology, people do regularly demand such premiums. The manager hasn't been up to much; he's quite boring. She's not up to much these days The manager hasn't been up to much. He stays in his office downstairs and doesn't interfere. The pressure hasn't been up to much recently; we can say that the adjustments to the valves are satisfactory. In contrast to much of the literature, we propose that... Due to few attendees this week, I would like to cancel...
ID:	TO_TOO [8]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)