Use of Enough

Enough is a degree modifier. When enough modifies an adjective/adverb, it normally comes after the adjective/adverb.

• Are you warm enough?
• You are not old enough to become a grandmother.

But note that when enough modifies an adjective and noun together, it comes before the adjective.

• We haven’t got big enough chairs. (= We need bigger chairs – enough modifies big.)
• We haven’t got enough big chairs. (= we need more big chairs – enough modifies big chairs.)

Enough + noun

Enough can be used before a noun phrase as a determiner.

• Are you getting enough sleep?
• There is enough room for everybody to sit down.

Before a pronoun or a noun with a determiner, we use enough of.

• The exam was bad. I couldn’t answer enough of the questions.

Enough of is also used after personal and geographical names.

• I haven’t seen enough of Europe.

Enough + infinitive

Enough can be followed by an infinitive.

• You are not old enough to marry.
• I haven’t got enough money to buy a car.

Infinitives can be introduced by for + noun/pronoun.

• It is late enough for the children to go to bed.

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