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19 - Too, much, many, a lot of, enought ✓

August 13, 2019

Much / many

too much & too many often have negative meaning.

too much - uncountable - неисчисляемые (salt, sugar, water, rice, beer, money, time, …) без “s” на конце

too many - countable - исчисляемые (cars, dogs, cats, …) с “s” на конце

A lot of

a lot of often has positive meaning.

a lot of - uncountable and uncountable (a lot of friends, a lot of skills, a lot of hobbies, happiness)

Thanks a lot!

Enought

Наречие enough употребляется не только с прилагательными и наречиями, но и с существительными. Обратите внимание, что enough мы ставим перед существительным, но после прилагательного и наречия.

Are you warm enough? (после прилагательного)

Try this jacket on and see if it’s big enough for you. (после прилагательного)

You know well enough. (после наречия)

I couldn’t make coffee for everybody. There weren’t enough cups. (перед существительным)


Evgeny Leukhin

Written by Evgeny Leukhin