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Enjoy normally has an object.
Did you enjoy the party?- Yes, I enjoyed it very much. (NOT .. enjfJyetl very
filum.)
To talk about having a good time, we can use enjoy myselflyourselfetc. I really enjoyed myself when I went to Rome.
We're going to Paris for the weekend. "" Enjoy yourselves! ('Enjoy!' with no object is possible, especially in informal AmE.) Enjoy can be followed by -ing.
I don't enjoy looking after small children. (NOT ••• ertjt7}' ttl I6fJJe ...) enough
adjective/adverb + enough
Enough usually follows adjectives and adverbs.
Is it warm enough for you? (NOT ••• eMugh wttmt ...) You're not driving fast enough.
enough + noun
Enough can also be used before a noun as a determiner.
Have you got enough milk? There aren't enough glasses.
Enough is occasionally used after a noun, but this is rare in modern English except in a few expressions.
If only we had time enough . ..
I was fool enough to believe him.
position with adjective + noun
When enough modifies an adjective and noun together, it comes before the adjective. Compare:
We haven't got enough big nails.
(= We need more big nails - enough modifies big nails.)
We haven't got big enough nails.
(= We need bigger nails - enough modifies big.)
enough or enough on
Before determiners (e.g. a, the, my, this, that) and pronouns, we use enough of Compare:
- I don't know enough French to read this. (NOT ••• emmgh ttfFrench ...)
I don't understand enough ofthe words in the letter.
- We haven't got enough blue paint. (NOT . • • ertfJltgh ttfbltte pttil1t.)
We haven't got enough ofthat blue paint.
- You didn't buy enough cards. (NOT ••• enfJltgh fJ/mrth)
You didn't buy enough ofthem.
Note the idiomatic structure I've had enough of....This can be followed by a noun without a determiner.
I've had enough ofmathematics; I'm going to give it up. She's had enough ofEngland; she's going back home.
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