Noun Quantifiers - Enough and Plenty of

Quantifiers answer the question how much? or how many?

Quantifiers are words like: a lot of, a little, a few.

Some quantifiers can only be used with countable nouns, some can only be used with uncountable nouns and some can be used with both.

The table below shows how to use these words.

Quantifier	Meaning	Example	Countable noun	Uncountable noun
Enough	Sufficient	There’s enough money/apples.	Yes	Yes
Plenty of	More than necessary (positive meaning)	There’s plenty of time. Don’t rush. There’s plenty of cakes. We don’t need any more.	Yes	Yes

Constructing Sentences with enough and plenty of

We can use enough in questions, positive sentences and negative sentences.

We can use plenty of in questions and positive sentences.

Click on the links below to study these other Noun Quantifiers

Noun Quantifiers - Introductions

Noun Quantifiers - A lot, Much and Many

Noun Quantifiers - A few, few, a little and little

Noun Quantifiers - Too much and Too Many

Noun Quantifiers - Some, Any, No

Quantifiers - Compound Forms with Some, Any and No