をも: Is this sentence grammatically correct?


> 日本で英語を教えたい。彼も教えたい。
>
> I want to teach English in Japan. He also wants to teach.

But if I were referring to myself in both sentences and talking about two
different activities that I want to do:

> 日本で英語を教えたい。(1) **私も** 書道を勉強したい。(2) 書道 **をも** 勉強したい。
>
> I want to teach English in Japan. I also want to learn calligraphy.

I'm not sure if (1) is the right way to go because it's like saying, "Me too"
but I'm not referring to anyone else in the previous sentence. Is (2)
grammatically correct? What's the correct way to write the second sentence?




You can say:

> 日本で英語を教えたい。書道 **の** 勉強 **も** したい。

which literally means "I want to teach English in Japan. I want to do the
study of calligraphy, too."

You could also say:

> 日本で英語を教えたい。書道 **も** 勉強したい。or 書道 **も** [習]{なら}いたい。

where も is replacing を. (書道 **をも** is grammatically correct but sounds
literary and maybe a bit archaic.)

You're right that (1) 私 **も** 書道を勉強したい is like saying "Someone's learning
calligraphy and I want to do that, too."




You can say:

> 日本で英語を教えたい。書道 **の** 勉強 **も** したい。

which literally means "I want to teach English in Japan. I want to do the
study of calligraphy, too."

You could also say:

> 日本で英語を教えたい。書道 **も** 勉強したい。or 書道 **も** [習]{なら}いたい。

where も is replacing を. (書道 **をも** is grammatically correct but sounds
literary and maybe a bit archaic.)

You're right that (1) 私 **も** 書道を勉強したい is like saying "Someone's learning
calligraphy and I want to do that, too."

