"He didn't have a lot of / lots of money, so he decided to catch the bus rather than take a taxi."
"He didn't have a lot of / lots of money, so he decided to catch the bus rather than take a taxi."
why do we can't use 'plenty of' in above example? as plenty of means 'enough' or 'more than enough', so it means " He didn't have enough money , so he decided to catch the bus rather than take a taxi..."
Maybe it will be because we can only use 'plenty' in the sentence with positive meaning and in the affirmative one.
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Mickey Mouse 8241 W hy do we can't we use 'plenty of' in above example? "Plenty of" means an excess of. It is rather informal.
- Mickey Mouse 8241 W hy do we can't we use 'plenty of' in above example?
- "Plenty of" means an excess of.
- It is rather informal.
- It is not usually used in the negative, only the positive.
- He had plenty of money, so he could send his four sons to Ivy League colleges.
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Mickey Mouse 8241Whydo wecan't we use 'plenty of' in above example?
"Plenty of" means an excess of. It is rather informal. It is not usually used in the negative, only the positive.
He had plenty of money, so he c
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