grammar · neutral
adjective + enough + to + base verb
Says that someone or something has sufficient quality or ability to do something (sufficient ... to ...).
Examples
“She is experienced enough to handle the project alone.”
“The room is warm enough to be comfortable.”
“He didn't run fast enough to catch the bus.”
Band 8 sentence
“She's sufficiently skilled enough to manage the team without supervision.”
Collocations
- adjective + enough + to + V
- not + adjective + enough + to + V
Word family
Common mistakes
She is enough experienced to lead.→She is experienced enough to lead.
He ran enough fast to catch the bus.→He ran fast enough to catch the bus.
Say it for a higher band
5very + adjective + to + V (non-standard)→6adjective + enough (word order mistakes)→7+adjective + enough + to + base verb
Synonyms
sufficiently + adjective
Easily confused
too + adjective + to + base verb
“The cake was too sweet to eat.”
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