Degree of Sufficiency (enough) dan Excess (too)

 Sufficiency

The adverbs enough and enough usually take a postmodifier position

e.g.       Is that music loud enough ?

            The shoes are not big enough

Adj + enough + PP                    Is the water hot enough for you ?

Adj + enough + to-inf cl            Is the water hot enough to take a bath ?

Adj + enough + PP +to-inf cl    Is the water hot enough for you to take a bath ?

Note : When enough functions as an adjective, it can come before the noun

e.g.        Did he give us enough time ?

Enough + Noun + to inf       

We have got enough money to buy a new car

Enough + Noun + for + indirect object + to inf 

The is not enough time for them to finish the test papers


Excess

The adverb too comes before adjectives and other adverbs :

Too + adj + PP                          This tea is too hot for you.

Too + adj + to-inf cl                  This tea is too hot to drink.

Too + adj + PP +to-inf cl           This tea is too hot for you to drink.

If too comes after the adverbs it is probably a disjunct (meaning also) and is usually set off with a comma :

e.g.       Anna works hard. She woks quickly, too.

There are too many people in the restaurants

There is too much sugar in the cake. It is too sweet.

Reference

Downing, A, Locke, P., 2006. English Grammar A University Course Second Edition, Oxon : Routledge Taylor and Francis Group

Kaplan, Murat, 2020. English Grammar for University Students. A Useful Grammar Book for TOEFL, IELTS, and Other English Exams. 

Lau, Samuel S. 2022. The Big English Grammar Book (Advanced 2). Ultimate Publications dan Creations

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