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Speaking English – TOO MUCH, ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH
Oh, you’re too handsome ;) — Have you ever tried to give someone a compliment and watched their face squeeze tight because they think you’ve insulted them? You probably used “too” + an adjective. “Not enough” and “too much” are usually used to make negative comments. This lesson will show you how to avoid this embarrassing mistake. Not enough time, too much English!
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Excellent lesson thanks teacher…. It was enough for now
thank you u lesson is so good
Thank you for the lesson. Have a good day.
As for number 6, shouldn’t the answer be:
I don’t know if Shane has *not enough* money to get in. I’ll go see if he’s at the entrance.
In my opinion, your answer is correct only if in ended with “..i’ll go to search him around the hall” (sorry for my [bad] English…). If you say “I don’t know if he has not enough” you are telling to me you hope he hasn’t enough and so (in case he had got enough money and he has been able to get in) now you start to search him to get him out! On the other hand, if you say “I don’t know if he has enough….” you hope he has enough but you aren’t sure about it..so i’ll go see if he’s at entrance…and if he is still there..you’ll pay for him and come back to me together with him :-)
[p.s. I've just tried to tell something in English...can anyone say to me if it is grammatically correct?...and if the answer is correct too? Thank you...so much! :-)]
Hi Fariz,
Actually, Powerdork answered it pretty well. The ‘don’t know’ in the sentence suggests the negative already. So if I don’t know if he has enough, suggests that I think he does not have enough, the not coming earlier.
Does that help?
thanks a lot adam ,very good way of teaching,u were looking enough energetic.Have a good day and God bless u all.
Thank You. Perfect lesson
thank you so much Sir
Thanks
Thank you . You are great
Thans dear nice teacher hope you will be happy & healty.All the best.
Teacher Adam . Do you give certificate ?
Hi Becoca,
I’m not sure what you mean by certificate. This isn’t a school really, so there is no official certification.
Sorry
I am sorry teacher i didn’t mean to hurt you ,but i meant i would be proud if i got certificate from a great teacher like you or from your institute sir .
Thank you :)
you are welcome .
by the way the reason why I am not doing the test here that I understand the lessons completely,so I am so grateful .
Thanks Adam , its first time that I got enough correct answers.
otherwise , you always conduct a tough Quiz :)
Thanks anyhow :)
teacher adam thank’s for lesson.but i’ve a question
why you must say too many criminals not too much criminals even criminals noun is countable.
Abouhoma, we have to use “to many” BECAUSE noun is countable.
“Many” is used with countable nouns (many people, many bulidings, many crimminals). “Much” is used with uncountable (too much water, too much money).
Hi Abouhoma,
As Kamila mentioned, we use ‘many’ with countables, ‘much’ with uncountables.
Hope that helps.
thank you teacher I like your lessons.
Wow , new information for me about ” too much” !!
Thanks Mr.Adam
thank you
hi Adam, i like class so much, it sorprised me to much, for today´s day to day session, i am playing ,it is enought, tnks a lot!!(from Agentina)
Big thanks :)
Thanks Adam !
thank you, Adam, for this very helpful lesson. every time i take engvid lessons i learn new things. i didn’t know that we only use too much in negative contexts. now i know. so, every day i take lessons on engvid, not only the new ones but also the old ones. thank you all so much.
Thank you for this lesson
A lesson on how and when to use “however” although” though” “yet” “therefore” etc, would be so useful please.
Hi Youssef9,
A lesson on although, even though, is on its way. The others, I’ll see what i can do
THANK YOU FOR THIS LESSON IT WILL REALLY HELP ME TO IMPROVE MY ENGLISH.
thanks a lot teacher Adam for this useful lesson!
thank you, It was enough :D
I´ll try to do better nex time. Very good, thanks.
too much informationt lol
Thanks a lot Adam .I like Your way You teach .
Could You make voucabulary lesson about “makin foods”
Hi Mieto 1969,
Do you mean cooking vocab?
Yes ,I mean cooking vacab….Would be great :)
BR
Great lesson, and very common errors for most none native speakers, thanks!!!
this is Good command of english i like your web site too much respect teacher.but i don’t have ideal english so please just my grammer saw and give me comment dear teacher..
thanks regard
Hi Anil,
Don’t worry. It takes time, but for now, know that I understand what you are saying and that is the most important. Keep up the good work.
Really you do great job here Mr.Adam
Regards :)
i win all point here yahh ;)
yes 100 :D
nice one i like it
Thank you very much;it is very interesting
Thanks mr.Adam.
it was really intresting thank’s a lot
Q7. Why isn’t the answer “not enough?” I think this seems more suitable for the question. Does anybody can explain this? I will appreciate it.
Because “not enough” would be a acceptable answer, but anyone thinks has “too much happy” in live(anyone complains that).
Hi Endeavor,
The key is in the word ‘difficult.’ Too much happiness is a complaint, right? Not many people would make this complaint. It would be difficult to do so. It would be easy to say “I don’t have enough happiness in my life.”
Does that help?
Thanks thousands. I misunderstood the sentence. At the second try I got it all. Happy holidays.
Thank you very much! It was very nice.
Thanks al lot! I am improving site the lessons
Thank you Margaret. I miss understood the sentence. Thanks, now It makes sense.
Thank a lot for this lesson. I am still having some difficulty understanding these technical words but I will practicing as much as I can.
Thanks sir very informative.
7. It would be very difficult for anyone to complain that they have not enough happiness in life.
I reckon my answer’s apt enough too.
Is that good English?
Hi Bonhoff,
Actually people make this complaint all the time. :)
The key is in the word ‘difficult.’ Too much happiness is a complaint, right? Not many people would make this complaint. It would be difficult to do so. It would be easy to say “I don’t have enough happiness in my life.”
Does that help?
Of course it does.
In the Q3 I think that it is a little contradictory, isn’t it?
I think that, becouse you are sayin “a little too much”
In my lenguage there’re some contradictory phrases that people says just for customary(habit), is that the case?
Could anyone explain me that please
Thanks
Hi Pedrico,
If I understand your question correctly, you are worried that the word ‘little’ contradicts “too much.” In fact, the word ‘little’ is an adverb that suggests the level of the complaint, not the level of the sweetness.
Does that help?
Yes that helped me. Thanks for the explanation Adam!!
Hi Adam,
Nice lesson but i am still confused to use too much on question-7. I think ans could be “not enough”.
Hi Vishnu,
The key is in the word ‘difficult.’ Too much happiness is a complaint, right? Not many people would make this complaint. It would be difficult to do so. It would be easy to say “I don’t have enough happiness in my life.”
Does that help?
Dear all. Your quiz platform doesn’t run on my laptop equipped by Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9. Clicking Next Question button the next quiz doesn’t appear. Which plug-in, I suppose, I need for solving my problem? Thank you very much.
thank you teacher
Thank you dear Adam
i realized difference between “too” and “so” right now.
thank you so much.
Hi.
Hi dear fatiima. how are you?
hope be happy…..of course with engvid :D
Indeed I am.
Everything’s ok with me,tx God.
Hope the same 4 u,
Later!
i really enjoyed this lesson. :)
thank you i want the way to be agood in english
Thak you so much !
Or Thank you too much!
is?????? Thank you so much
You’re so welcome ;)
I got 9 correct out of 10. What a horrible error!
In the question number seven:
too happiness instead of too much happiness
TOO + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB
TOO MUCH + NOUN
Your explanation is very,very good I think you are a great teacher and a great person too.I would like to have more lessons from you ,Thank You. All the best, Roni
thanks for this lesson see u l8ter !!
gr8 lesson Adam thank ,,,
just some questions
can I use ^too much^ before an adjective or just too
e.g. The house would be too much expensive .
e.g. The houes would be too expensive .
which one is proper , or both of them are correct
also this : in the sense
thank you ,, you are too kind
does too in the sentence showed in negative way ??
I found that “much” and “too” are switched when you put them before an adjective. But in this case, it isn’t necessary to use “much”, so you can simply drop it. And the person also said that “I’m afraid I can’t give the grammatical reasoning behind it, but it is fairly common to see “much too” before an adjective.”
So, considering your examples:
“The house would be much too expensive.”
“The house would be too expensive.”
immmm,,, I see
Hi Hisham,
Morfik gives an excellent answer. You can say ‘much too expensive,’ where much is an intensity adverb that says something about the level of the complaint, not the price. If it’s too expensive, you already can’t afford it. But if it’s much too expensive, you won’t even consider borrowing.
Does that help?
yep,it help thanks million Adam .
As for the second part, great question.
“You are much too kind”– This is technically negative, but in a way to be humble. It means you are more kind than necessary, but I appreciate it.
i am very happy thanks you
It was fine:)
Dear Adam,
I frequently see dashes as part of texts, and I am not sure, but I think that some of them are using to separate main ideas of secondary ones, and others are being used to build adjectives. Could you please help me clarify when and how I should use dashes in my sentences?
Regards and thanks in advance,
Luis
Hi Luis.
Ok. There are 3 types of dashes.
dash- this is short, and used to combine words into adjectives (blue-eyed girl.)
en dash- twice as long as regular dash, used to take the place of ‘to’ as in from 1999 to 2001, or from 1999–2001.
em dash- three times as long as regular dash, used like parentheses () or colon:, usually used to emphasize a point.
Does that help?
i like that it is really helping us thank you.
thx a lot dear teacher
Thank you so much. That’s good enough for me.
Many thanks Adam the lesson was too much enough.
thanks
many thank
Thanks too much
:D
thank’s i will learn it..and it’s something nice again thank adam……!!
excellent exercises
You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Hi Adam, thank you so much for this lesson. It’s very helpful for me.
thank its helpful
Oh, my God! I’ve always made mistakes with the adverb “too”. This is a very useful lesson for me. Thank you vey much.
Thank you so much!! Finally I have opened Easy way to learning English!!!
THX YOU SO MUCH
thank you so much for your lesson
Good Enough!
please can anyone tell me why Q10 answer is
(not enough)??? i think it will be more sensible
if it is(too many)
Hi Mohammed,
Be careful here. There are two parts to this sentence. Too many criminals, not enough police officers= problem.
Does that help?
Thank you so much sir! I appreciate that!
My favorite teacher in this site is Mam Ronnie, Yet I’d realized all the Teachers out here were absolutely Great! nice quality of speaking voice, clear diction’s and pronunciations. And very concise lessons but very useful.. More Lessons to Come! God bless :)
i learnt the difference between so much and too much :)
thank you Adam
Thank you Adam .
thanks
Fantastic lesson.
Thank you.
thank you
thank you so much , I like your way of explanation .. keep doing the good work ^_^
Thanks a lot!
Really good lesson. Thanks for the good explanation :)
Thank you so much Sir, I appreciate..
thank you too much :p i mean so much ;)
i was very confused when i watched your lesson.. cos ive watched one vedio here in engvid that it said.. (too)is should be use only in a positive statement.. like ”i love you too” please explain it thanks.
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its very good website to learn english……
i suggest it to all……
I couldn’t stop laughing, eat less Madonald…
This lesson was enough to my learning!
Thank you, for the perfect lesson and interesting quiz.
Thanks
Thanks a lot teacher this lesson topic is simple and good focus. also it is enough to me.
I love you too much, Adam :) … Is the sentence correct ?
I am joking, thanks for this lesson, I really loved you from the first time I had seen you.
thanks Adam.
I am feeling great due to correctly answered the whole questions.However thanks Adams to make this..I really enjoy the journey.I need some basic information to develop listening and speaking power.
Thank you Adam …
9/10!! Good! Thank you Adam!
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear prof. Adam,
On the question 7… Since there is a possibility of a claim (regardless of whether difficult or easy for someone), I basically conclude to use “too much”. Is this reasoning correct too?
Thanks!
Re
Thank all teachers so much
Thank you Adam for this lesson. Can I ask you a question. Have you other quiz for check my understanding this lesson. Thank you .
thanks adam!!!!
I Got 10 correct answers.
Thank you so much! :)
Good lesson. Thanks Adam.
Even though its too late I found the place for learn english , thank god .. Thanks teachers
thank you so much…it was great lesson
thanks top you , it is very good lesson
Very nice this lesson! I like it so much! Congratulations!
Thanks. The subject is good enough!
You are the greatest teacher i have ever seen.
Why do you only have 10 lessons instead of 10 million lessons ? it’s not enough for me.
I hope you have many more lessons :D
i’ll be waiting ..
thank you very much ,this lesson is good enough to me,
Thank you so much.May God Bless you all.
Thanks so much for the lesson.
Thank you So Much!!
Nice lesson Mr. This is a good way to increase language.
thank you so much. I’ve got 9/10 :-)
thanx
dear teacher adam
excuse me,what word did you alway say after the example.its sound like ex-za-ja or something like that.i just want to know.
thank you.
^^
Morning Mr Adam. Im very happy I have find this english program, I want spend time on this learning class. I just have 10/6 :( but I want to learn until I catch the perfect point. Thank you. You respected Mr Adam.
Thanks a lot..this is the first time i browse this webpage and it is really helpful, and especially the “quiz(test)” option…..
best Wishes for you all
thank you Adam,its very useful.god bless
Hi,I’m from Brazil and I’ve been learned a lot with this leassons….. It help me a lot
Thanks guys!!!
hallo Adam, good lesson. I’m beginner and I have understand enough.
thank you
I love engvid
I don’t understand when i use “too”.
thank you
hello, i don’t understand about Modal Verb. i meant i have some problem about it. can you help me? sir
thank you teacher
Adam, very good lesson, thank you so much
Thank you Adam for teaching lesson. I’m benefited through this lesson. It’s great.
Thank you Adam I’m no so good with my listening and I can understand you everything it’s amazing thanks!
thank you very much Adam,this lesson was helped me
9 correct out of 10 – Thomas from Poland thx
EXCELLENT LESSON
thank you very much for the lessons
Great!!! I like this lesson!!!
nice to meet u Mr.Adam ! u r good teacher i like your style when you are teaching.
Thans a lot for your presentation. It was concise, purposeful and fruitful.
Thank you adam
Thank’s for the lesson mr. Adam.
It’s Very useful for me !
good lesson Mr.Adam.Thanks a lot
Hi Adam, I didn’t understand when you talk about too much as a negative form, could you explain about it for me? Thanks a lot!!
Hi Adam, thanks for this lesson. Very good.
Hi Adam,
that was a good lesson, happy for joining English videos
thanks for this lesson great job Adam
Адам, почему Вы продолжаете беседу в то время как я не понимаю?
Adam, why do you keep talking while I do not understand?
P.S. “I have more then enough money” – that is not bad.
Что значит ваш тест!? Собираетесь Вы издеваться надо мной и дальше?
What is your quiz!? Intend you scoff over me further?
Почему Вы принимаете решение в вопросах, на которые я не хочу давать ответ?
Why do you decide matters that I do not want to give an answer?
Fuck off, asshole, and learn some English before you post … I’m sure this Adam dude doesn’t give two shits about your stupid comments ..
thanks again sir adam,,everytime i watched some video here ,,i learned something new…
is my grammar correct??
Thanks so much for this lesson!! I’ve understood it. So I dare say the following sentence is wrong, right?: “Starting from scratch does not worry me too much” I think it’s better to say “Starting from scratch does not worry me so much?, isn’t it? Could you help me, please. Thanks again.
Thanks for the good lessons you teach.
I would like you to explain the difference between “Keep on” and “Keep up”.
Excellent lesson. Thanks teacher.
Thank you for teach it. Now I can use too or so without doubts.
very good and difficult lesson
Thank you very much Adam. I like it and I enjoyed it.
it’s the best way to learn basic english <3 <3
Hi, Adam ..
I wrote “just enough” at the end quiz.. Why is it not possible ???
There are definitely too many criminals in the city and certainly just enough police officer to catch them.. Is it wrong from the grammer side or for grammer “just enough” is ok, but in the logical way do you think that it is wrong , because if there are too many criminals,there will be not enough police officers, but i think it is ok to say -just enough.. Can you explain to me, please?
And i have other question, handsome teacher..
At the end
In the end
On the end
I see these three expressions a lot..
What is difference between these phrases ?
Which one in which case can we use ?
About Q3, a little too sweet?
That make me confuese.
because I don’t understand a little or too?
Is it natural way? or, am I wrong?
Hey, guys, why don’t you hire a US speaker on your staff – your Canadian English is a combination of British English and French (except for Alex, maybe) – most US speakers don’t sound this way at all … Their intonation patterns are completely different too …