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The key answer of exercise Grammar 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 09 - Language focus 2 for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Are these pairs of sentences the same or different?

Answer

  1. different: too much has a negative meaning; a lot of does not have a negative meaning
  2. different: enough means you have as much as you need; plenty of means 'more than enough'