Summary: What is the correct word order with 'enough'?
By: Richard Flynn |Audience: All|Category: English Grammar Usage Articles & Notes
Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs:
- It wasn't good enough. (Good is an adjective)
- I didn't do well enough. (Well in an adverb)
Enough comes before nouns:
- I didn't have enough money. (Money is a noun)
We use enough of before the and this that these those:
- Are there enough of the copies I made for everybody?
- I've had enough of this rubbish.
We also use enough of before object personal pronouns:
- Were enough of them there last night?
NB Sometimes people put enough after a noun, but this is for effect as it sounds a bit archaic and formal.
Enough can be used before an infinitive:
- They don't have enough to eat.