Too & Enough (2024)

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When to use enough and too? ›

Too and enough can modify both nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Too indicates that there is too much of a quality, or too much or too many of some object. Enough means that there is no need for more of a quality or object.

We use “very” to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb; to a great degree or extremely. However, we use “too” to mean that more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enough.

“Too” is an adverb. It can be used to replace words such as “excessively”, “additionally”, “as well” or “also”. “To”, on the other hand, is a versatile preposition that can be used in various situations and contexts. It's used to indicate a direction, like “toward” and “*ntil”.

Using not adjective enough

This sentence has the same meaning as 'the bed is too small'. All we have to do is use the opposite adjective: big - small. Let's look at some other examples: 'My coffee is too cold (to drink)' becomes 'my coffee is not hot enough'.

When followed by a period or exclamation point, you, too is used as an answer to someone's general good wishes.

Examples of enough in a Sentence

Adverb I couldn't run fast enough to catch up with her. She's old enough to know better. Are you rich enough to retire? That's good enough for me.

The word too means more than sufficient or more or less than necessary. For example, “It's s too late to stop him”. However, enough is used to mean sufficient which can be stated by the example “Your clothes are big enough to fit me”.

He is too old to play football with the kids. Dave is intelligent enough to do the write thing. I don't have enough time. He has too many friends.

Summary. Use too for negative situations and enough for positive ones. Too comes before the adjective or adverb it's describing, while enough comes after the adjective or adverb. Enough comes before a noun, whereas too is never used before a noun.

Is it “I love you, too” or “I love you to”? The correct form of this sentence is “I love you, too” because one of the definitions of “too” is “also.”

What is an example of too? ›

Examples of too in a Sentence

The soup is too hot. The offer was too good to refuse. This shirt is way too big for me. She is much too young to be watching this movie.

Examples from Collins dictionaries

The computer has become an invaluable teaching tool. The threat of bankruptcy is a legitimate tool to extract money from them. He became the tool of the security services. He sounds like a complete tool to me.

Meaning and use

We use so, such, enough and too to indicate degree. So and such give emphasis and mean 'very'. Too means more than necessary, and enough indicates the right amount of something.

enough comes after adjectives and adverbs. I'm not tall enough to reach the top shelf. Your marks are good enough to study engineering at university. I couldn't write quickly enough and I ran out of time.

We use too many before countable nouns and too much before uncountable nouns. There are too many shops here - we can't go to them all. I did too much shopping yesterday - I haven't got any money now. We use enough + noun to say 'all that is necessary'.

To is used to show motion: I'm going to the shop. Too means 'also' or 'extremely': I would like to come too but I'm too tired.

If someone makes a positive statement and you want to agree with it, the grammatical way to reply is "me too." Both "me neither" and "me either" are often used to agree with a negative statement, but "me either" is often considered ungrammatical.

TOO + ADJECTIVE/ ADVERB + TO –INFINITIVE

It's too hard to finish the project by Friday. She's too short to reach the shelf. She draws too terribly to win the first prize. The teacher is reading too quickly for me to catch up with.