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Quantity “ENOUGH / TOO MANY” WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS

“Enough,” “not enough,” and “too many”
are used to to talk about quantities of
In English there are many ways to express general or See also: countable nouns, which are objects or
specific quantities, say whether quantities are adequate, Singular and plural nouns 69 things that can be easily counted. Indicates there are too few.
and compare different quantities. Countable and uncountable nouns 70

USING QUANTITY PHRASES “Enough” is the correct amount.
English has different phrases for quantities “Enough” is used
when the exact number is not known. for questions.
“Some” is used when there are more than Indicates more than enough.
one, but the exact quantity is unknown.

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“A few” is used for
small numbers.

“Lots of” is used for
large numbers.
“ENOUGH / TOO MUCH” WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

“Enough,”
“not enough,” and
“too much” are
used to talk about
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uncountable
nouns, which are
things that cannot
easily be counted.
Indicates too little. Indicates the Indicates more than is
correct amount. needed or wanted.

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