Other particles with も


Said at the start of the summer holidays:

> 「お役に立てて光栄です。丸尾スエオ **二学期も** がんばりますから、みなさんどうかよろしくいたします」  
>  It's an honour to be helpful. Maruo Sueo will do his best in the second
> term too so thanks for your support everyone.  
>  うやうやしく頭を下げた丸尾君のその心は、二学期の学級委員の選挙運動 **をも** 見据えていた。  
>  The mind of Maruo, who was respectfully bowing his head, was focused on the
> election for class representative for the second term.

In the first part in bold (丸尾スエオ **二学期も** がんばります) I would have expected to see
the particle に (丸尾スエオ二学期 **にも** がんばります) "Maruo will do his best **in** the
second term too. Would this also be correct? If so, why can it be omitted?

In the second part in bold I was surprised to see をも. I thought も always
replaced を. What's going on here?




For the first question, you can say 二学期は頑張ります, so you can say 二学期も頑張ります, too.
You can find lots of existing questions regarding は vs に vs には.

も does not always replace を. The combination をも can be used to strongly
emphasize the object it marks. The English equivalent of this をも is "even".

> 彼の拳は岩 **をも** 砕く。 His fist even breaks a rock.

This をも is relatively literary. すら, まで, or stressed も is usually preferred in
conversations.




For the first question, you can say 二学期は頑張ります, so you can say 二学期も頑張ります, too.
You can find lots of existing questions regarding は vs に vs には.

も does not always replace を. The combination をも can be used to strongly
emphasize the object it marks. The English equivalent of this をも is "even".

> 彼の拳は岩 **をも** 砕く。 His fist even breaks a rock.

This をも is relatively literary. すら, まで, or stressed も is usually preferred in
conversations.

