2019-05-01 Grammar: degree complements too/enough

Greg Malivuk
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“too” and “enough” can be used with nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

too:
	nouns: That is too much information. / Too many people study English.
		I have too little money to buy that. / There are too few people in this class.
	verbs: I go swimming too much. You study too little.
	adjectives: This car is too expensive for me to buy.
	adverbs: I ate too fast.

enough:
	nouns: I have enough time to travel.
	verbs: I’ve already worked enough.
	adjectives: The shirt is cheap enough.
	adverbs: I ate fast enough to finish my salad before class.
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Degree complements with “too” and “enough” use the infinitive, and sometimes “for” plus an agent (see above)
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exercise 9 - Combine the information from both sentences with “too” or “enough” and degree complements.
1 Denise has too many responsibilities to take a vacation right now.
2 The pace of work is too hectic for Denise to do her best work.
3 Denise’s assistant works too slowly for Denise to catch up on her correspondence.
4 Mr. Green hasn’t assigned Denise enough additional support to meet the contract deadline.
5 Denise is too proud to ask her boss for more help.
6 Denise isn’t nice enough to Peter for him to offer to help her with the contract.
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She isn’t nice enough to Peter to offer to help. = She won’t offer to help, because she’s mean.
She isn’t nice enough for him to offer to help. = He won’t offer to help, because she’s mean.
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Homework: Answer these questions with “too” or “enough” and degree complements.
1 Do you have any great-great-grandchildren?
2 Can you walk 150 miles in a single day?
3 Is $50 a fair price for a normal cup of coffee?
4 Can dogs read?
5 Do banana trees grow wild in Russia?
6 Can an average person lift a grand piano?
7 Can you learn to speak a language fluently in a week?
8 Can a 100-year-old woman still have babies?
9 Do you remember what you did on your first birthday?
10 Can you eat 50 hamburgers in a single meal?