2017-10-02 Grammar: intensifiers, too/enough

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Are you a workaholic? With your partner, answer the questions on the handout. How many “yes” answers do you have?
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alcoholic = someone who drinks too much alcohol
workaholic = someone who works too much / who is too focused on work
shopaholic = someone who shops too much
chocoholic = someone who eats too much chocolate
(For most other things, we would say “[noun]-addict” instead of making an -aholic word.)
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https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - To compare the frequence of different words and phrases in English books.
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Remember: “too much” means there’s a problem.
“I learned too much and made too many friends at Stafford House.” - This sounds very strange.
(You should say “so” if it’s a good thing.)
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Intensifiers (and Degree Complements)
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We can answer “how + [adjective/adverb]” questions with intensifiers and degree complements.
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Intensifiers: words like “extremely”, “very”, “rather”
	She works very hard. He is rather tall. I learned so much.
Degree Complements: expressions that give a consequence
	He is so tall that he can’t stand in that room. / It’s such a small room that he can’t fit.
	He is too tall to stand in that room. / The room is too small for him to fit.
	I’m short enough to stand in it. / The room is large enough for me to fit.
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p. 127 exercise 2 - Underline the degree complements in each numbered sentence, and write a “how” question that those sentences answer.
example: How serious is Denise?
1 How rushed is Denise (at work these days)?
2 How much/little energy does Denise have (at the end of the workday)?
3 How busy is she?
4 How much (does Denise say) is going on (at work)?
5 How fast does everything move?
6 How slowly does her admistrative assistant work?
7 How hard does Peter work?
8 How dedicated is Peter to his job?
9 How much does he love his family?
10 How competitive is he?
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Homework: p. 135 exercise 9 - read p. 134 and then combine the information into one sentence for each number, using “too” or “enough”
1 Denise has too many responsibilities to take a vacation right now.