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5 C Ingles Quantifiers

This document provides an overview of the quantifiers "too", "too much", "too many", and "enough" and how they are used in English grammar. It explains that "too" is used before adjectives and adverbs to mean more than necessary. "Too much" is used before uncountable nouns, and "too many" is used before plural nouns to also mean more than necessary. "Enough" is used before nouns to mean a sufficient or correct amount, and after adjectives/adverbs or verbs to mean sufficiently. Examples are given for the different uses of each quantifier.

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5 C Ingles Quantifiers

This document provides an overview of the quantifiers "too", "too much", "too many", and "enough" and how they are used in English grammar. It explains that "too" is used before adjectives and adverbs to mean more than necessary. "Too much" is used before uncountable nouns, and "too many" is used before plural nouns to also mean more than necessary. "Enough" is used before nouns to mean a sufficient or correct amount, and after adjectives/adverbs or verbs to mean sufficiently. Examples are given for the different uses of each quantifier.

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Quantifiers: too, too much, too many, enough

too, too much, too many, enough – grammar chart


 

 
too
 

Before an adjective/adverb
 
We use too before an adjective or an adverb to mean ‘more than we need’ or
‘more than is necessary’.
 You are too young to enter this club. 
 We arrived too late. 
 

too much
 
Before an uncountable noun
 
We can use too much before uncountable nouns to mean ‘more than we need’
or ‘more than is necessary’.
 The doctor said that I drink too much coffee. 
 I hate this city. There’s too much traffic.
 

After a verb
 
We can also use too much after a verb.
 You can’t take the car. You’ve drunk too much.  
 He talks too much.
 

too many
 
Before a plural noun
 
We use too many before plural nouns to mean ‘more than we need’ or ‘more
than is necessary’.
 I didn’t enjoy the concert. There were too many people.
 They lost because they made too many mistakes. 
 

enough
 
Before a noun
 
We can use enough + noun to say that something is the correct number or
amount.
 I have saved enough money to go to Rome on holiday. 
 Do you have enough butter to cook?
In negative sentences we use (not) enough + noun to say that something is less
than we want or we need.
 We don’t have enough money to travel. 
 I don’t have enough time to finish my homework before
Monday. 
 

After an adjective/adverb
 
We can use adjective/adverb + enough to mean ‘sufficiently’.
 This bed is big enough for the four of us. 
 I think she spoke clearly enough. Everybody understood
what she meant. 
In negative sentences we can use (not) adjective/adverb + enough to mean ‘less
than we want’ or ‘less than necessary’.
 You aren’t old enough to enter this club.
 You aren’t going fast enough. We are going to be late.
 

After a verb
 
We can also use verb + enough.
 I didn’t study enough and I failed the exam. 
 I think you don’t sleep enough. You should sleep seven or
eight hours a day. 
 

too, too much, too many, enough + to + infinitive


 
In English we often use to-infinitive with the expressions too, too much, too
many, enough.
 I was too tired to go clubbing.
 She makes enough money to sustain all her family.
 

Be careful with these common mistakes!


 
Don’t use an adjective after too much
 I’m too tired to study now. (NOT: I’m too much tired.)
Don’t confuse the word too (=more than enough) with the word very.
 I think she is very beautiful. (NOT: I think she
is too beautiful.)
 Taken verbatim form: https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/too-too-much-
too-many-enough/

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