Intermediate ๐Ÿ“ Grammar ยท #143 of 305

Enough and Too with Infinitive

too + adj + to; adj + enough + to.

Examples

  • He's old enough to drive.

Key rules

  • Adjective + enough + to-infinitive
  • Enough goes after adjectives, before nouns
  • Too + adjective + to-infinitive means a problem
  • Too much/many are used with nouns

Common mistakes

  • He is enough old to drive โ†’ He is old enough to drive
  • It is too cold for to go โ†’ It is too cold to go
๐Ÿ’ก Tip: Too is negative: you cannot do it.

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