Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Both, several, enough====== =====Introduction===== <html><p> <a class="various" href="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2568_557d6826e1bd0e4f448085a888b24f11.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="423" height="283" id="2568" style="width: 163px; height: 100px;" alt="negotiate meeting discuss appointment réunion discuter" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2568_557d6826e1bd0e4f448085a888b24f11.jpg"></a> </p><p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">several </span>problems. Firstly, we don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough </span>information about the situation in Asia. Also, we need <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both</span> money and time in order to investigate.</span></b><br></p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> several </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> enough </span>are quantifiers.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>= </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>two things or people.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Several </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>= </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>an imprecise number.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Enough </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>= </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>all that is necessary.</span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'> </span></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'> </span></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'> </span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'></span></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>+ plural noun</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>without a noun</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>+ two singular nouns</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>after a noun</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> days are OK for me.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> are OK for me.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Monday <u>and</u> Wednesday are OK for me.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Those days are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both</span> OK for me.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p><p><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="126" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 94.8pt;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="202" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 151.6pt;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With countable nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 212.6pt;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With uncountable nouns</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="126" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 94.8pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Several<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 102);"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="202" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 151.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It happened <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">several</span> days ago.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="283" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 212.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="26" id="40" style="width: 17px; height: 18px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="126" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 94.8pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Enough<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 102);"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="202" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 151.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> cups.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="283" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 212.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> coffee.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Use</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise a similarity between two things or people</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'> </span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> both </span>like coffee.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise not one but <u>two</u> things or people</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'> </span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He confirmed <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both</span> the date <u>and</u> the time of the meeting.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about adjectives and actions - not only nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This car is available in <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both</span> red and blue.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She can <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both</span> sing and dance. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>When we don't use an exact number</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We need to make <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">several</span> important decisions.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 7.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 7.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about all that is necessary</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 7.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We recruited a researcher last week - now we have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> people in the team.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p></html> ====='Several'===== <html><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>we use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">several</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 102);"> </span>in formal contexts more than in conversation. For example:</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There was a serious accident on the motorway and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">several</span> people were injured.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> several</span> interesting books on this subject. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br></span></span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br></span></span></b></p></html> ====='Enough'===== <html><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>As a quantifier, we use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough </span><u>before</u> nouns:</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> tea.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> coffee.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do we have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> sugar?</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>But when it is an <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">adverb of degree</span>,<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>we use it <u>after</u> verbs, adjectives and other adverbs:</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't sleep <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span>.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He doesn't work fast <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span>.</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This room is big <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span>.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="202" id="225" style="width: 101px; height: 134px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/225_f85e4d8b01e920425920fbb2c5a0746d.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You can ask Maria or George for help - they're<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> both </span>experts.</span></b><br><img height="224" id="548" style="width: 101px; height: 155px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/548_6656803c38fddea0130553c4f2c62e7b.jpg"> <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>Both</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'> my son and my daughter are behaving badly today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img height="185" id="546" style="width: 103px; height: 126px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/546_473dfdd71b2b98364cc65fffdecc5774.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>She dropped <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">both </span>her bags.</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><img height="101" id="1441" style="width: 123px; height: 88px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1441_ebb44f8e2da096c4cd7294e3965b6f5e.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>They visited <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">several</span> European countries.</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><img height="207" id="1819" style="width: 108px; height: 123px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1819_21234d7d9f14a6507c8b9da32f5ecd2b.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">enough</span> money.</strong></span> </p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]