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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
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"a big enough case" or "a case big enough"?
-Let me help you, Tom!
-Thank you. I can do it. Here’s ________ to hold all these things.
A. a big enough case B. a case big enough
Key:A
Can we use B? And why?
-Thank you. I can do it. Here’s ________ to hold all these things.
A. a big enough case B. a case big enough
Key:A
Can we use B? And why?
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As an adverb, enough follows the adjective: This case is big enough to hold everything . (not enough big ). However, as a determiner, enough can go either before or after its noun: Here are cases enough to hold everything / Here are enough cases to hold everything.
- As an adverb, enough follows the adjective: This case is big enough to hold everything .
- (not enough big ).
- However, as a determiner, enough can go either before or after its noun: Here are cases enough to hold everything / Here are enough cases to hold everything.
- This leaves us with the problem of whether big can postmodify: Here's a big case vs ( X) Here's a case big .
- Well, it does not seem to, so we are confronted with A as our only choice.
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As an adverb, enough follows the adjective: This case is big enough to hold everything. (not enough big). However, as a determiner, enough can go either before or after its noun: Here are cases enough to hold everything / Here are enough cases to hold everything.
This leaves us with the problem of whether big can postmodify
This leaves us with the problem of whether big can postmodify
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