English halp :o

by dexter • 6 Jan 2011, 13:01 • Journals
So today, in school, we had a sentence.
It was: "I don't drink 'water enough' / 'enough water'."
We had to choose which one is the good, and my teacher said that 'water enough' is the good.Is it? Because for me, it sounds really weird. Halp me :(
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PetriP-TNT 6 Jan 2011, 13:02
IMHO both are correct, but mean different things.
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dexter 6 Jan 2011, 13:04
she told me that it was a little mistake :o
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vaGgi 6 Jan 2011, 13:04
i always go for the "sounds gay/doesnt sound gay-method".

in this case the first option sounds very gay. :D
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dexter 6 Jan 2011, 13:09
same here, thats why i picked that also :D
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Krii 6 Jan 2011, 13:06
ask any Frenchie, they know.

On a serious note, I would go for the last version as well
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schNee 6 Jan 2011, 13:13
i asked the us guys here they saying enough water
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Puubuu 6 Jan 2011, 13:22
Quoteenglish

Quoteus guys

right.
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schNee 6 Jan 2011, 13:26
american english is no english? :o
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Puubuu 6 Jan 2011, 13:42
swiss german is no german? :o
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wArdi 6 Jan 2011, 14:44
No, it definately isn't.
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schNee 6 Jan 2011, 14:46
shall i say this to the guys at work? they gonna kill me :D
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Gemb 6 Jan 2011, 13:52
us = united states
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Puubuu 6 Jan 2011, 14:09
de = dumb embryo
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Gemb 6 Jan 2011, 14:10
too good that Im no embryo anymore :)
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Enigma 6 Jan 2011, 13:15
it's the 2nd..
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dEzIrE 6 Jan 2011, 13:16
depends on the context. both are right, but have slightly diff meanings imo
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dexter 6 Jan 2011, 13:18
there wasnt any context. just an exercise about where we have to put enough; before or after the adjective/verb, and ye..
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rbnt 6 Jan 2011, 13:17
think you should be looking for another english teacher:P
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Krosan 6 Jan 2011, 13:19
Small difference:

I don't drink enough water means I don't drink enough water now.
I don't drink water enough means I don't drink water often enough.
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dexter 6 Jan 2011, 13:22
thanks.
imo you taught me more english than she did in more than 4 months
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AlleViate 6 Jan 2011, 13:39
haha, teachers... :D
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dexter 6 Jan 2011, 13:41
i was kidding ofc, cuz she taught me whats the use of 'used to'
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msh100 6 Jan 2011, 14:00
I disagree that there is a difference to be honest
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Krosan 6 Jan 2011, 14:01
You're an Englishman, what do you know? Most Brits can't even speak their own language!
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msh100 6 Jan 2011, 14:05
Oh really? And you are saying I can't correctly speak English?

That was 100% justified. There is not a difference, just depends how you use them to be honest -.-
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Krosan 6 Jan 2011, 14:06
Ye it depends on how you use them. Aka there's a difference!
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msh100 6 Jan 2011, 14:08
They mean the same thing, so no difference ...
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plekter 6 Jan 2011, 15:26
STOP ARGUING WITH ME!
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msh100 6 Jan 2011, 17:30
Sorry Krosan ? :D
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PokemonJohn 6 Jan 2011, 14:22
They mean the same thing, but in my experience are used in different situations / sentence structures.
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Baz 6 Jan 2011, 13:41
I don't drink enough water. I don't drink water enough. Both are correct, just depends how and where they are being used...
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Nyke 6 Jan 2011, 14:13
Both are correct. 'I don't drink enough water' would be the phrase used most often. I never say 'i dont drink water enough' but its still correct :>.

Btw i think you should be looking for another English teacher or change schools. If your teacher thinks that 'i don't drink enough water' is the wrong one then everything your being taught is likely to be wrong.
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