Too and enough

The point

Too before an adjective means more than you want. Enough sits after an adjective, or before a noun. Too late. Clear enough. Enough time.

Form and use

Too and enough both measure a limit, but they sit in different places. Too comes before an adjective and means more than you want: too late, too small, too expensive. Enough comes after an adjective and means the amount reaches the need: clear enough, long enough, old enough. Enough late is the wrong order.

Read the full set. The note is too late. The room is too small. The plan is too expensive. There is too much noise. She has too many notes. The note is clear enough. The rope is long enough. She is old enough. We have enough time. She has enough chairs. There is not enough time. She does not have enough chairs. The room is not big enough. The note is not clear enough.

Too much goes with an uncountable noun, and too many goes with a countable plural. Too much noise, too many notes. Do not write too much notes or too many time. Enough before a noun means the quantity is sufficient: enough time, enough chairs. Not enough says the quantity falls short, whether enough sits before a noun or after an adjective.

Not big enough and too small can describe the same problem from two sides. Keep the order. Too plus adjective, adjective plus enough, enough plus noun. Do not put enough before an adjective, and do not put too after one when you mean excess. The note is too late is the line you want. The note is late too much is not a clean form.

Don't translate it like this

Too before late. Enough would follow the adjective.

Short examples