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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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