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  • Enough
  • Too
  • Enough For Something

Enough

Enough goes after adjectives and adverbs.

Examples:

  • He doesn’t work hard enough to get the best exam results.
  • The baby  isn’t old enough to have the operation

However, enough goes before nouns.

Examples:

  • We haven’t got enough money with us to take a taxi.
  • The volunteers didn’t have enough experience to cope with the disaster.

Enough can also be used on its own

Examples:

  • I’ll give you some water, if you haven’t got enough.

Too

Too can be used with an adjective or adverb followed by an infinitive..

Examples:

  • He is too old to be out so late.
  • The baby cries too often to be healthy.

The subject of the clause with too can also be the object of the following infinitive. Pronouns as the object are not usually used in this structure.

Examples:

  • The curry was too hot to eat. (Not “ to eat it”.)
  • The shelf was too high to reach. (Not “to reach it”.)

 

Too is not used before an adjective + noun, but is used with just an adjective

 

Examples:

  • I decided not to go because it was too late.
  • Johnny says that he can’t train as a nurse  because it is too difficult.

Enough for Something

After enough and too one can say “for something” or “for someone”.

 However, after enough and too the structure to + infinitive is used rather than for.

Examples:

  • We haven’t got enough time for lunch.
  • These crutches are too big for me.
  • It is too late to go out now.
  • It isn’t warm enough to sit outside today.
  • He hasn’t got enough energy to run round the circuit again.
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