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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Too and Enough?
Hi! everyone.I am confused about using "too and enough".
As far as I know "too" is used to imply that one is way far inadequate to do something?
I read it on web,She is too good for that. (According to me it means that she is so much good that she can't do that.I think it should be -She is good enough for that-)Am I correct here?
Q2- Situation-Me in my friends house-I say-Take care with this powder,don't drop it on the floor,it is poison,lest your cat should lick it and die.
My friend-No,Tomo (his cat) is too intelligent to eat it. Is this sentence possible?(According to me it means that ,my cat is so much intelligent that she won't eat this powder as she will perceive that it is poison)
Is it also right if my friend says-She isn't ignorant enough to eat it.
Thanks!
As far as I know "too" is used to imply that one is way far inadequate to do something?
I read it on web,She is too good for that. (According to me it means that she is so much good that she can't do that.I think it should be -She is good enough for that-)Am I correct here?
Q2- Situation-Me in my friends house-I say-Take care with this powder,don't drop it on the floor,it is poison,lest your cat should lick it and die.
My friend-No,Tomo (his cat) is too intelligent to eat it. Is this sentence possible?(According to me it means that ,my cat is so much intelligent that she won't eat this powder as she will perceive that it is poison)
Is it also right if my friend says-She isn't ignorant enough to eat it.
Thanks!
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The way you are using the terms "too" and "enough" require opposite adjectives. For example: intelligent and stupid. Think of it as a line with Stupidity on one half and Intelligence on the other.
- The way you are using the terms "too" and "enough" require opposite adjectives.
- For example: intelligent and stupid.
- Think of it as a line with Stupidity on one half and Intelligence on the other.
- If you are talking about an action that requires stupidity, you could say either: She is too intelligent to fall for that trick.
- ) Or: She is stupid enough to fall for that trick.
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The way you are using the terms "too" and "enough" require opposite adjectives. For example: intelligent and stupid.
Think of it as a line with Stupidity on one half and Intelligence on the other. If you are talking about an action that requires stupidity, you could say either:
She is too intelligent to fall for that trick. (The trick doesn't work on the intelligent.)
Or: She
Think of it as a line with Stupidity on one half and Intelligence on the other. If you are talking about an action that requires stupidity, you could say either:
She is too intelligent to fall for that trick. (The trick doesn't work on the intelligent.)
Or: She
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