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SSY Jung Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

position of "enough"

Dear members

She has enough strength to be survived.

She has strong enough to be survived.

It seems to me that the sentences above with "enough" would be both right.
IF they so, let me know why the words order are different.

SSY

Thanks
  

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Both sentences are incorrect. She is strong enough to survive. Enough follows an adjective and an adverb : I can' run fast enough.

  • Both sentences are incorrect.
  • She is strong enough to survive.
  • Enough follows an adjective and an adverb : I can' run fast enough.
  • Enough can be placed before or after a noun : I don*t have enough money / money enough.
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2 Answers
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Both sentences are incorrect.

She is strong enough to survive.

Enough follows an adjective and an adverb:

I can' run fast enough.

Enough can be placed before or after a
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She has enough strength to survive.
She has strength enough to survive. (less common these days)
She is strong enough to survive.

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