Do you know how to use the word enough in English?

in English Practice3 years ago

Ther are such many ways to use word enough we can look at these examples to see how enough is used, With adjectives and adverbs, verbs and nouns. We use as a pronoun, adjective and a noun as well as use enough of and it have meaning. These are some examples post by @abdo1 in @Steem School community we hope that all follower could understand about it more examples dwon there to explaine few things @abdo1.
1- She's not old enough to walk yet.
2- We are not acting fast enough to stop climate change.
3- I don't read enough.
4- Is there enough coffee for everyone?
5- We've had enough of their lies.

Grammar explanation to understand word enough
Enough means 'as much as necessary'. It can be used with an adjective, an adverb, a verb or a noun. It can also act as a pronoun.
How to use it with adjectives and adverbs. Enough it's come after adjectives and adverbs.
For examples you can say like dwon here to explaine more about.
1- I'm not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
2-Your marks are good enough to study engineering at university.
3- I couldn't write quickly enough and I ran out of time.
4- I've helped at conferences often enough to know what can go wrong.

In English Grammar also used word Enough with verbs , but word enough comes after verbs.
like in the example.
1- I make sure I drink enough during the day.
2- I don't read enough but I'm going to start downloading books to my phone.

We also used word enough with nouns. But enough comes before nouns. See at this examples.
1-There isn't enough bread to make sandwiches.
2- Have you got enough money?

And we could use it as a pronoun. Word enough can also be used without a noun. look at some example
1- A: I'll get some more chairs. B There aren't enough.
2 A: Do you want more coffee? B: No, I've had enough, thanks.
So we should know what the noun is because of the context.

How to use word enough with an adjective and a noun. When enough is used with an adjective and a noun, two positions are possible but the meaning changes.We can see in the example given
1-We haven't got big enough envelopes.
2- We haven't got enough big envelopes.
So when enough is after the adjective "big enough envelopes" it describes the adjective – the envelopes are too small. When enough is before the adjective "enough big envelopes", it describes the noun phrase – we have some big envelopes, but we need more.

How could we use Word enough of
We normally only use enough of when it is followed by a determiner or a pronoun (a/an/the, this/that, my/your/his, you/them, etc.). examples.
1- There isn't enough of that bread to make sandwiches for everyone.
2- I've seen enough of his work to be able to recommend him.
3- There's enough of us to make a difference.

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