the use of determiners

[cacian]

enough and very much

which is better to use?


a) He has not enough butter on his toast
b) He has not very much/much butter on his toast


enough and little

a) He is little for her/ he sees little of her
or
b) He is not enough for her/ he sees not enough of her

[hillwalker]

which is better to use?
is a pointless question without understanding the context in which they are to be written.

a) He has not enough butter on his toast - is incorrect grammatically
It should be 'He does not have enough butter - which means he needs more.

b) He has not very much/much butter on his toast - is again clumsy
He does not have very much butter - means his toast is lacking butter, but not necessarily in need of more

a) He is little for her - is nonsensical
he sees little of her - means he does not see her very often

b) He is not enough for her - suggests she is looking for a better quality man
he sees not enough of her - incorrect grammatically again
It should be He does not see enough of her - meaning he would like to see her more often

H

[cacian]

Hi hillwalker thank you for the elaborate explanations. It makes sense now about the ''very much'' and ''enough'' now.
It is quite settle the fact that the second example:

b) He has not very much/much butter on his toast - is again clumsy
He does not have very much butter - means his toast is lacking butter, but not necessarily in need of more

he does not necessarily means he needs more. Quite interesting. Thank you :)