Wrong explanation ?
Some adjectives can be used with infinitives in a special structure, in which the subject of the clause is really the object of the infinitive. Examples are easy, hard, difficult, impossible, good, ready, and adjectives after enough and too.
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ex) The apples were ripe enough to pick
Q. I quoted the content above from a book 'Practical English Usage'. I wonder whether the author explained wrongly or not. He said 'adjective after enough', but the example does not correspond to what the author said.
Did I understand wrongly?
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Hoony ex) The apples were ripe enough to pick The examples I can think of have the adverb too placed before the adjective, and the adverb enough afterwards. The test was too difficult to complete in an hour. The test was easy enough to complete in an hour.
- Hoony ex) The apples were ripe enough to pick The examples I can think of have the adverb too placed before the adjective, and the adverb enough afterwards.
- The test was too difficult to complete in an hour.
- The test was easy enough to complete in an hour.
- The coffee is too hot to drink.
- The coffee is cool enough to drink.
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Hoonyex) The apples were ripe enough to pick
The examples I can think of have the adverb too placed before the adjective, and the adverb enough afterwards.
The test was too difficult to complete in an hour.
The test was easy enough to complete in an hour.
The coffee is too hot to drink.
The coffee is cool enou
0Hoonyand adjectives after enough and too.
No, that's not right. Even the example has the adjective before 'enough'.
It should be "and adjectives after too or before enough".
CJ
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