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Too (much/many) or Enough - English lesson

1) TOO : (TOO MANY/MUCH)

This adverb is placed before an adjective, or an adverb and it changes their meanings. It is used in affirmative clauses.

ex : I'm too tired to work =>   TOO + adjective

ex : This player is too fast ! I stand no chance of winning ... => TOO + adverb

In front of an uncountable noun (something that you can't count : butter, paint, happiness ...) the adjectives : 'much'/'little' : ('too much' ; 'too little') are added (an adverb CANNOT modify a noun !)

ex : Don't you think there's too much paint on this brush. 

                                                    TOO MUCH/ LITTLE + uncountable NOUN

In front of an uncountable, the adjectives 'many'/'few' : (' too many' ; 'too few') must be added.

ex : There are are too many books on this shelf : It's going to collapse.

   TOO MANY/FEW + countable NOUN in the plural

2) ENOUGH  :

This adverb is often quite problematic to you ... It must be admitted that the word is quite tricky and mischievous to foreigners ...

* The adverb ENOUGH is used with an adjective (1), an adverb (2) or a verb (3). In those three cases, it is placed AFTER the adjective, the adverb or the verb. It is often used in a negative clause.

- ex 1 : I won't let him go out tonight ; He's not mature enough.

- ex 2 : You didn't run fast enough to escape and were imprisoned  immediately !

- ex 3 : I haven't slept enough ... I'm really exhausted ...

* Placed after an adjective, it is often followed by an infinitive : 

- ex : Don't tell him your secret ... He's not old enough to understand.

* In a sentence with two different subjects to introduce the complement of an adjective added to 'enough', it is followed by an infinitive clause introduced by 'for' and indicates a purpose, an aim.

- ex : She isn't  old enough for us to allow her to get married now.

* ENOUGH used with a noun is a determiner and therefore, it precedes the noun.

ex : There isn't enough tea left ... I'll run to the shop to buy some  ...

* ' Enough is enough! ' : This phrase, which is very often badly interpreted by foreigners, expresses irritation, exasperation ; In French, it equals 'Trop, c'est trop !' and not : ' Assez, c'est assez.'  People whose mother-tongue is neither English nor French should check in their dictionaries ... 

These four examples are to be learnt by heart ( 8 words !). I you do so, you'll never hesitate again in front of 'enough' !          

   ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH => 'rich enough'

   ADVERB + ENOUGH => 'fast enough' 

     VERB + ENOUGH => 'not eaten enough'

   but :            ENOUGH + NOUN => 'enough patience'

  Ready for the exercise ?  Good luck !  

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Now, if you volunteered to help a little, I don't think it would be work enoughtoo many workstoo much workenough workI don't know for you ! I'm doing enough tootoo manytoo enoughtoo muchI don't know just now, and I think that : 'Too many is too many!''Enough is enough!''Too much is too much!'I don't know If you don't want me to cancel our trip ... It's up to you ! Step in ! I need help !