{"id":14285,"date":"2020-08-25T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14285"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:15:53","slug":"enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/08\/enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Uses of Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you think you know how to use the word\u00a0&#8220;enough&#8221; well enough?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word &#8220;enough<em>&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0means &#8216;sufficient for the purpose&#8217;. It is used together with a noun, an adjective, a verb, or an adverb. It also sometimes be a pronoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enough + Adjective or Adverb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Enough&#8221; goes before an adjective and an adverb.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It is not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hot<\/span> <strong>enough<\/strong> to cook the meat.<br>Your performance is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">good<\/span> <strong>enough<\/strong> to get a pay rise.<br>I couldn&#8217;t read the questions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quickly<\/span> <strong>enough<\/strong> and I wasn&#8217;t able to answer all of them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verb + Enough<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Enough&#8221; follows a verb.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>She makes sure she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sleeps<\/span> <strong>enough<\/strong>.<br>They feel that they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t visit<\/span> <strong>enough<\/strong>.<\/p><p>I think you&#8217;ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">practiced<\/span> <strong>enough<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enough + Noun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Enough&#8221;\u00a0comes after a noun.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We don&#8217;t have <strong>enough<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">flour<\/span> to bake a cake.<br>She hasn&#8217;t got <strong>enough<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">money<\/span>.<\/p><p>Are there <strong>enough<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">people<\/span> on your team?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Pronoun Enough<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Enough&#8221;\u00a0sometimes also acts as a pronoun. It can be used without a noun provided that you already know what the noun is based on the context.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I need more papers. These aren&#8217;t <strong>enough<\/strong>.<br>A: Can she still be with him? B: She can&#8217;t anymore. She&#8217;s had <strong>enough<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Enough With an Adjective and a Noun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are to possible ways to use &#8220;enough&#8221; with\u00a0an adjective and a noun. However, the two sentences do not have the same meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He hasn&#8217;t got a <strong>big enough<\/strong> car.\u00a0(<em>=The car is too small.<\/em>)<br>They haven&#8217;t got <strong>enough big<\/strong> cars. (<em>=They have big cars but they need more.<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Phrase Enough Of<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use &#8220;enough of&#8221;\u00a0before a determiner or a pronoun such as: a, an, the,\u00a0this, that,\u00a0my, your, his,\u00a0you, them,\u00a0and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We don&#8217;t have <strong>enough of<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">these<\/span> white sheets.<br>They&#8217;ve eaten <strong>enough of<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their<\/span> mother&#8217;s lasagna.<br>There&#8217;s <strong>enough of<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">them<\/span> there to finish the project.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think you know how to use the word\u00a0&#8220;enough&#8221; well enough? The word &#8220;enough&#8220;\u00a0means &#8216;sufficient for the purpose&#8217;. It is used together with a noun, an adjective, a verb, or an adverb. It also sometimes be a pronoun. Enough + Adjective or Adverb &#8220;Enough&#8221; goes before an adjective and an adverb. 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