Choose the grammatically correct form of the sentence below from the options given.
My uncle is enough rich to buy a car.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → My uncle is rich enough to buy a car.
Position of "enough":
- As an adverb, enough comes after the adjective or adverb it qualifies: rich enough, fast enough.
- As a determiner, it comes before a noun: enough money, enough time.
- The adjective stays in its plain form; "enough" is not used with a comparative.
- This sentence: "rich" is an adjective, so rich enough, not "enough rich".
Example: She is not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: My uncle is richer enough to buy a car. — Incorrect. The comparative richer cannot be used with "enough"; nothing is being compared.
Option 3: My uncle in enough richer to buy a car. — Incorrect.
- "in" replaces the verb "is", so the sentence has no verb.
- "enough richer" has the wrong order and a needless comparative.
Option 4: No error — Incorrect. The given sentence does have an error: "enough rich" must be "rich enough".