terça-feira, 5 de junho de 2012

TOO AND ENOUGH

TOO: used before adjectives and adverbs; to a higher degree or more than it´s allowed, desirable, good, necessary, etc...

Don´t drive too fast.
It´s too good to be true!
These shoes are too small for me.
The journey is too long, we will get tired.

ENOUGH: usually used in front of plural or uncountable nouns; as many or as much of something as necessary or desirable; sufficient.

Have you made enough copies?
There are twenty students and only 12 chairs.There aren´t enough chairs for all the students.
Surely 15 minutes is enough time for you to have a bath.
Is there enough room for me in the car?
He hasn´t got enough money to buy a sandwich.

ENOUGH + NOUN
- Is there enough sugar in your coffee?
- We wanted to play football but we didn´t have enough players.
- Don´t you have enough money to buy a car?

ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH
- It isn´t warm enough to stay outside.
- Is the radio loude enough for you?
- That coat isn´t long enough.
- He isn´t tall enough to reach the shelf.

ENOUGH WITHOUT A NOUN
- I´ve got some money, but not enough to buy a car.
- I don´t want anything else. I´ve had enough.
- I don´t go out enough.


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