Plenty
Plenty as a pronoun
We use plenty as a pronoun to mean ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’:
A:
How much money do you think I need to bring with me?
B:
About one hundred pounds should beplenty.
[A is pouring milk into B’s coffee]
A:
Is that enough?
B:
That’splenty. Thanks.
Plenty of as a quantifier
We use plenty of as a quantifier before both countable and uncountable nouns to mean ‘a lot’, ‘a large quantity’: Don’t worry there are plenty of options.
[risotto is an Italian rice dish]
A:
What shall we have for dinner?
B:
Well, we’ve gotplenty ofrice. How about risotto?
Plenty of people have dropped out of school early and have still been very successful in their careers.
Plenty: typical errors
Take care to spell plenty correctly: not ‘planty’.
We use plenty of before nouns:
There’s no rush. We’ve got plenty of time.
Not: We’ve got plenty time.
See also:
Lots, a lot, plenty
Many
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