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Enough
and too
(a)
Место
enough
в предложении:
Enough
стоит после
прилагательных и наречий:
-
He didn't get job because he wasn't experienced
enough.
(но не `enough
experienced')
-
You won't pass the examination if you don't work hard
enough.
-
She can't get married yet. She's not old
enough.
Enough
стоит перед
существительными:
-
He didn't get the job because he didn't have enough
experience.
(но не `experience
enough')
-
I'd like to go on holiday but I haven't enough
money.
-
Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren't
enough
chairs.
Вы также можете употреблять
слово enough
само
по себе (без существительного):
-
I'll lend you some money if you haven't got enough.
(b)
После enough
и
too
можно сказать
for
someone/something:
-
I haven't got enough money for
a holiday.
-
He wasn't experienced enough for
the job.
-
This shirt is too big for
me. I need a smaller
size.
Однако, обычно мы
не говорим `enough/too...for
doing something'.
Мы употребляем
to
+ infinitive после
enough
и
too.
Так мы говорим `enough
money
to
do something',
`old
enough
to do something',
`too
young
to do something'
и т.д.:
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I haven't got enough
money to go on holiday.
(но не `for going')
-
He wasn't experienced
enough to do the
job.
-
She's only sixteen. She's not
old enough to get married.
(или She's too
young to get married.)
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Let's get a taxi. It's too
far to walk.
-
There weren't enough
chairs for everyone to
sit down.
-
The weather wasn't nice
enough to go swimming.
-
He spoke too
quickly for us to
understand.
(c)
Мы говорим:
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The food was so hot that we couldn't eat it.
и:
The food was very hot. We couldn't eat it.
или мы говорим:
-
The food was too
hot to eat. (without
`it')
Вот еще несколько примеров,
как этот:
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That picture is too
heavy to hang on
the wall.
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I had to carry my wallet in my hand. It was too
big to put in
my pocket.
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The water wasn't clean
enough to swim in.
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