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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

heavy enough (Why not enough heavy?)

0Hi all,02br
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00I just wonder why 'enough' comes after 'heavy' while 'too' comes first when both are used as a abverb.02br
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00That car is too heavy.02br
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00That car is heavy enough.02br
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00Thanks in advance.02br
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00 Justin0-
  

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'Too' comes before adjectives and adverbs but if you put 'too' before nouns, the meaning changes. 02br 00I'm not big enough. 0-

— Zerox

  • 'Too' comes before adjectives and adverbs but if you put 'too' before nouns, the meaning changes.
  • 02br 00I'm not big enough.
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0'Enough' comes after adjectives and before nouns, in short.'Too' comes before adjectives and adverbs but if you put 'too' before nouns, the meaning changes. "I put too much sugar in my coffee" 02br
00I don't have enough money.02br
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00I'm not big enough. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10I just wonder why ... 12blockquote
10There's a lot of that going around. 05002br
00<>It's just an accident of history. There's no logical argument from basic linguistic principles that rationalizes this usage, if that's what you're looking for!02br
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