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Too much, too many and not enough

Too much

“Too much” means that there is an excess of something. We can use too
much before uncountable nouns, such as ‘rice’ or ‘water’, to mean ‘more than
we need’ or ‘more than is necessary’.

Examples:

 There was a little too much outside interference.

 You drink too much and talk too much.

 Discuss it with the others but don't take too much time.

 That goal was just too much of a coincidence.

 But there was too much inflammable material about.

Too many

“Too many” is to talk about an amount or number of something which is more


or less than what we want or need. For countable nouns, such as ‘apples’ or
‘people’, we use many.

Examples:

 Negatively, Wanda can be greedy and take too many risks.

 There are too many examples in the text to believe otherwise.

 Don't let them take too many naps during the day.

 You're not giving me too many options.

 He doesn't have too many memories of my father.


Not enough

When something is “enough” it means that it is at a satisfactory level or


quantity. The phrase “not enough” is obviously a negative form of that – and
it shows that things are not satisfactory, to express that something is less
than we want or we need.

Examples:

 There was not enough food for all.

 And if that's not enough, then take this too.

 There's not enough space between this rain to breathe.

 This is not enough to remove germs.

 There's not enough room at my place for all of us.

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