'Enough' and 'Lots'

Now I think enough and a lot are very interesting.

We could say a lot or lots.

Pretty much the same thing.

Lots lots of very interesting because they can be used both with countable and uncountable nouns.

So if you’re ever wondering well I want to say a huge amount but I don’t know which word to use you should use a lot.

You should use lots if you want to say well this is the right amount.

You should say enough.

And it doesn’t usually matter if it’s countable or uncountable.

They can be used with both.

Let’s look at some examples.

OK.

Beer is beer countable or uncountable.

Well sometimes it’s countable.

Usually beer is uncountable.

OK.

It’s uncountable you know.

OK.

And so if I say there’s there’s enough beer for everyone.

Help yourself.

It’s enough beer for everyone.

Help yourself take as much as you want.

So enough means that it satisfies the need.

There’s a need here and whatever amount this is satisfies that need.

It’s the right amount for that need.

OK.

So there’s enough beer this is for an uncountable noun beer.

And we can do the same thing if we’re talking about food like cat food which is also uncountable but we can use not not enough if we want to say that the requirement is this much and there is too little for that.

We’ve we’ve learned little.

Right.

So there’s too little.

There should be more.

So if if there isn’t.

Which means is not enough cat food.

Go buy more.

If there isn’t enough cat food go buy more.

OK.

This is a very very common way to express that we need to get something.

We need to get something.

There isn’t enough.

You didn’t get enough.

Please go buy more.

You didn’t get enough cat food.

Can you please buy some more.

Or if we wanted to say something countable we could say you didn’t buy enough cups you didn’t buy enough cups countable please go buy more please go buy more.

All right.

So again countable or uncountable.

They work for both.

Do you know Sesame Street that TV show for kids.

There’s a blue monster on there.

His name is Cookie Monster.

He loves cookies.

I love Cookie Monster cookies are accountable.

OK so Cookie Monster on num num num num cookie monster gets very angry if he doesn’t get enough cookies if you watch Cookie Monster on Sesame Street you will see he gets very unhappy if he does not get enough cookies.

Very angry.

OK.

A lot.

Lots also for countable and uncountable very very useful.

And it’s basically similar to many but many is for countable things.

So it’s a large amount of something a large amount of something.

It’s the opposite of saying for example little it’s the opposite of saying Phew.

Phew is a small amount.

Little is a small amount.

OK.

It’s the opposite.

Here we go.

I’ve got I’ve got lots of good ideas.

I’ve got lots of good ideas ideas countable or uncountable.

It is countable one idea two ideas three ideas countable countable.

There’s a lot more snow coming tomorrow.

So a lot more snow coming tomorrow.

OK snow countable or uncountable uncountable cannot count snow.

You can say snow flake teeny teeny tiny little thing a snow flake AFL AK e but usually snow is uncountable.

Let’s look at a couple more examples of this one.

Oh by the way can we say there’s lots more snow.

Is that the same.

Yes it’s the same.

It’s exactly the same.

There’s a lot more there’s lots more.

Those are the same.

You’re you’re asking a lot of questions today.

You’re asking a lot of questions today.

That’s great.

That’s great.

OK.

One more example one more example.

A lot of people don’t like classical music people countable or uncountable here countable.

One person two people three people countable a lot of people don’t like classical music for some reason I like it.

I used to remember lots of my dreams but now I don’t.

OK.

Dreams countable or uncountable countable wondering to dreams countable.

OK so these two both really useful to express things that are both countable and uncountable.

OK.

Very useful.