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When to use “enough”

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When to use “enough”

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What does it mean? When do we use it? Alex will give you some great tips and examples.

📚 Meaning

“Enough” means “as much as necessary”, “the quantity of something that is needed”.

"We don't have enough milk."

"I’m not fit enough to run a marathon."

📌 Where does it go in the sentence?

With nouns 👉 "enough" comes before nouns:

"We’ve got enough money. We don’t need any more." "Is there enough coffee for everyone?"

With adjectives & adverbs 👉 "enough" comes after adjectives and adverbs:

"She's not old enough to walk yet."

"We are not acting fast enough to stop climate change."

With verbs 👉 "enough" comes after verbs:

"I didn’t study enough, so I failed my exam."

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Those children don't look ____ to go to this school.

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I should have helped more. I’m sorry I didn’t ____.

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If you don’t get _____, you can have serious health issues.

Before “a”, “the”, “my”, “your”, etc. you use 👉 "enough of":

🎶 I can’t get enough of your love. 🎶

You use "enough" + noun + for:

I don’t have enough experience for the job.

Do you have enough money for your vacation?

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I’m worried I didn’t bring ____ for cold weather.

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My job doesn’t pay ____.

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Did you buy more oil? There _____ here.

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I don’t ____!

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Is there ____ to finish decorating the bathroom?

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📚 Meaning

"We don't have enough milk."

📌 Where does it go in the sentence?

With nouns 👉 "enough" comes before nouns:

With adjectives & adverbs 👉 "enough" comes after adjectives and adverbs:

"She's not old enough to walk yet."

With verbs 👉 "enough" comes after verbs:

Before “a”, “the”, “my”, “your”, etc. you use 👉 "enough of":

You use "enough" + noun + for:

Do you have enough money for your vacation?

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