Don’t say: “This box isn’t enough big for all the books.”
Say: “This box isn’t big enough for all the books.”
Don’t say: “We don’t have people enough for a soccer team.”
Say: “We don’t have enough people for a soccer team.”
Enough goes after adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. Enough goes before nouns.
Adjective + enough:
- Are you old enough to see this movie?
Adverb + enough:
- You sing well enough to be a professional!
Verb + enough:
- I play the piano, but I don’t practice enough.
Enough + noun:
- There aren’t enough chairs for everybody to sit down.
- I don’t have enough information to make a decision.
- Do you have enough money to buy that motorcycle?
