Enough

Enough is a determiner, a pronoun or an adverb. We use enough to mean ‘as much as we need or want’.

Enough as a determiner

We can use enough before a noun as a determiner:

A:
Do you have enough money to pay for your train fare and taxis?
B:
Yes, thanks. I’m fine.
There was enough food for about ten people.
We use enough of before other determiners (the, my) and pronouns (us, them):
You haven’t eaten enough of your dinner, Jason.
Not: You haven’t eaten enough your dinner, Jason.
There weren’t enough of them.
Not: There weren’t enough them.
Enough as a pronoun

We can use enough as a pronoun:

[at the end of a meal]
A:
Have you had enough?
B:
Yes, thanks. That was delicious.
I need to go and get some more chairs. There aren’t enough here.
Enough as an adverb

We use enough as an adverb of degree:

A:
Are you ready for your exam?
B:
Yes, I think I’ve studied enough. That’s all I can do.
Warning:
We use enough as an adverb directly after an adjective or directly after another adverb:
Is this box big enough for all those books?
Not: Is this box enough big …
Strangely enough, no one seemed to notice that Boris was in his pyjamas.(It is/was strange that no one …)
(“Enough” de English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press.)

How to use ‘enough’ with adjectives and nouns – Pre-intermediate

I have £10 and I want to buy this car:
Unfortunately this car costs £100,000
I don’t have enough money. The car is very expensive and I will never be rich enough to buy it.
Look at the sentence above, it uses enough in two different ways. Can you see them? What is different about the way we use
enough?
There are two examples in the sentence. Let’s look at them separately:
1. "I don’t have enough money."
Money is a noun, so it comes after enough.
2. "I will never be rich enough."
Rich is an adjective so it comes before enough.
Let’s look at the two rules:
1. Enough + noun e.g. "There is not enough food for everybody, go and buy some more."
2. Adjective + enough e.g. "He is not tall enough to play basketball."
Remember! Adjective before, noun after.
Complete the sentences with enough/not enough or not ___ enough and words from the box.
fast
big
time
hot
beds
water
Lesson by Sam, EC London English school

Enough as an adjective and adverb

APRIL 7, 2013 -

Enough is one of those words that can be used as an adjective and an adverb. The adverb enough is used to
modify an adjective. In this case, it goes after the adjective it modifies.

 She is old enough to earn a living. (NOT She is enough old to earn a living. Here the adverb enough
modifies the adjective old.)
 Is it warm enough for you? (NOT Is it enough warm for you?)
 He was kind enough to lend me a few dollars. (NOT He was enough kind to lend me a few dollars.)
 These shoes are not big enough for me.

Enough is often followed by an infinitive structure.

 She is old enough to live on her own.

 She didn’t work hard enough to pass the test.
 We aren’t rich enough to buy a car.
 Some tablet computers are small enough to fit inside your pocket.
 The mangoes aren’t ripe enough to eat.
 She didn’t run fast enough to win.

The infinitive structure can be preceded by for + noun / pronoun.

 It is late enough for the kids to go to bed.

  There was not enough light for us to see what was happening.

When enough is used as an adjective, it modifies a noun. The adjective enough goes before the noun it
modifies.

 I have bought enough eggs. (NOT I have bought eggs enough. Here the adjective enough modifies the
noun eggs.)
 I didn’t get enough time to write the test. (NOT I didn’t get time enough to write the test.)

Un recipiente liquido contiene agua como liquido saturado a 50 bar que porcentaje de su masa inicial cabe
extraerse sin modificar su presión para que la calidad sea el 10%.