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Around enough people

In not around enough people, does "enough " modify/related to "people" or not? how one can tell?

"I'm sorry. Was that inappropriate?

I'm not around enough people to know the difference.

From one movie I've seen

  

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It's "enough people", as you thought. You can just tell. " where "enough" is an adverb.

  • It's "enough people", as you thought.
  • You can just tell.
  • " where "enough" is an adverb.
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It's "enough people", as you thought. You can just tell. It is natural and clear, but it seems really to be a casual variation on "I'm not around people enough to know the difference." where "enough" is an adverb.

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