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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Usage of the word enough
It's usually made in large quantities, enough to provide nutrition throughout the cold, winter months.
Is the comma needed before enough? And then which are omitted between them like quantities, which are enough..?
I think that the comma is not needed and enough modifies in large quantities.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Is the comma needed before enough? And then which are omitted between them like quantities, which are enough..?
I think that the comma is not needed and enough modifies in large quantities.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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At least a comma is needed. Alternatively a dash might be used. It seems questionable to me whether "which are" is necessarily omitted.
- At least a comma is needed.
- Alternatively a dash might be used.
- It seems questionable to me whether "which are" is necessarily omitted.
- It is not possible for "enough" to modify "large quantities".
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At least a comma is needed. Alternatively a dash might be used.
It seems questionable to me whether "which are" is necessarily omitted.
It is not possible for "enough" to modify "large quantities". Without "large" it would be feasible (i.e. "made in quantities enough to provide ..."), but this is not a very common phrasing. It would be more usual to use "sufficient" in tha
It seems questionable to me whether "which are" is necessarily omitted.
It is not possible for "enough" to modify "large quantities". Without "large" it would be feasible (i.e. "made in quantities enough to provide ..."), but this is not a very common phrasing. It would be more usual to use "sufficient" in tha
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I am so surprised but I have understood your point
To be clearer, so It's usually made in large quantities, which are
To be clearer, so It's usually made in large quantities, which are
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GPYIt seems questionable to me whether "which are" is necessarily omitted.
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Thank you so much and I couldn't understand the sentence correctly so I was confused. And I have one more question.
Adverbs can modify prepositional phrases like He went abroad soon after the war. Here in the sentence, soon modifies after the war. And then can we not say enough to do modifies in large quantities behind? And then the comma i
Adverbs can modify prepositional phrases like He went abroad soon after the war. Here in the sentence, soon modifies after the war. And then can we not say enough to do modifies in large quantities behind? And then the comma i
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Hans51 What do you think?For me, it sounds fine if 'enough' is attributive:
It's usually made in large enough quantities to provide nutrition throughout the cold winter months.
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"made in quantities large enough to ..." is also OK. The one that doesn't work is "made in large quantities enough to".
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Thank you both so much and I didn't know it was such a difficult grammar. And I have one more question, and then what do you think the speech part of enough in the sentence is?
It's usually made in large quantities, enough to provide nutrition throughout the cold, winter months.
It's usually made in large quantities, enough to provide nutrition throughout the cold, winter months.
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