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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Grammar - determiner
Can you please let me know if 'enough' is a determiner in this sentence?
Some flour should be enough to make the pancake properly.
Some flour should be enough to make the pancake properly.
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It looks like a pronoun to me. "Some flour should be enough" sounds a bit odd to me. I would expect more of a specific quantity to be stated, not "some".
- It looks like a pronoun to me.
- "Some flour should be enough" sounds a bit odd to me.
- I would expect more of a specific quantity to be stated, not "some".
- However, this does not affect your question.
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It looks like a pronoun to me.
"Some flour should be enough" sounds a bit odd to me. I would expect more of a specific quantity to be stated, not "some". However, this does not affect your question.
"Some flour should be enough" sounds a bit odd to me. I would expect more of a specific quantity to be stated, not "some". However, this does not affect your question.
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I agree that part of the problem is that "some" is too unspecific. How can an unidentified quantity be enough? Grammatically, I would say "enough" is an adjective in the sentence, much as "sufficient" would be.
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I would add that "enough" is in the position of a predicate adjective, which would make it an adjective.
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AnonymousSome flour should be enough to make the pancake properly.It's a strange construction as "enough" is a subject complement in that sentence, so "Some [enough] flower" or "[Enough] some flower" doesn't make much sense.
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AnonymousSee my suggested fix in red above.SomeOne cup of flour should be enough to make the pancake properly.
"enough" is a pronoun in that sentence.
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