Degree Complementation with "enough" and "too" in Technical English
5 exercises — practise word order and infinitive complements with enough and too.
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Which sentence correctly places "enough" when describing sufficient server capacity?
"The cluster is fast enough to handle the traffic spike" is correct: "enough" follows the adjective it modifies ("fast enough"), and the resulting phrase is completed with a to-infinitive expressing the result made possible by sufficient speed. Option A wrongly places "enough" before the adjective, which is only correct with nouns ("enough capacity"), never with adjectives. Option C scrambles the sentence, placing "enough" in a position that attaches it to the wrong element. Option D also places "enough" before the adjective and further breaks the infinitive structure.
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Which sentence correctly uses "enough" before a noun to describe insufficient disk space?
"...does not have enough space for the backup" is correct: unlike with adjectives, "enough" precedes the noun it modifies ("enough space"), not follows it. Option A places "enough" after the noun, which is an outdated or non-standard pattern in modern technical English. Option C incorrectly inserts "of" between "enough" and the noun, which is unnecessary and ungrammatical here. Option D misuses "enough" as if the volume itself were the quantity, producing a nonsensical sentence.
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Which sentence correctly uses "too" + adjective + to-infinitive to describe a query that cannot complete in time?
"The query is too slow to finish before the timeout" is correct: "too" precedes the adjective ("too slow"), and the phrase is completed with a to-infinitive expressing the negative consequence of the excessive degree. Option B places "too" after the adjective, which is ungrammatical; "too" must precede the adjective it intensifies. Option C incorrectly uses "for" instead of the required to-infinitive "to finish". Option D redundantly adds "much" before "slow", which is unnecessary since "too" alone already expresses excess with gradable adjectives like "slow".
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Which sentence correctly uses "too" with a noun phrase to describe an over-provisioned instance type?
"This instance type is too expensive for our budget" is correct: "too" precedes the adjective "expensive", and "for our budget" specifies the standard against which the excess is measured. Option B places "too" after the adjective, which changes the intended meaning toward "also" and breaks the intensifying pattern. Option C redundantly inserts "much" before an adjective that already takes "too" directly, which is ungrammatical. Option D uses "has" instead of "is", which does not fit with a predicate adjective construction.
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Which sentence correctly combines "enough" and "too" to contrast two servers, one adequate and one excessive?
"Server A is powerful enough, but Server B is too powerful to justify the cost..." is correct: "enough" follows the adjective ("powerful enough"), while "too" precedes the adjective ("too powerful"), and each pattern is completed appropriately. Option A places "enough" before the adjective and inserts an extra unnecessary adjective, breaking both patterns. Option C garbles the word order entirely with "too enough" and "too much powerful", neither of which is grammatical. Option D uses "has" instead of "is" for a predicate adjective and omits the required to-infinitive after "too powerful".