HALF | ENOUGH + OF + determiner

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 Point 37 in the category of DETERMINERS is defined as:

DETERMINER + ‘OF’ + DETERMINER – an increasing range of quantifying determiners (‘half of’, ‘enough of’, ‘none of”)


*However, this partly clashes with the B2 Negation point for ‘none of’

Also, note that the ‘enough of’ structure might indicate a pronoun.  From the google dictionary:

determiner
as much or as many as required.
“there’s too much work and not enough people to do it”
pronoun
as much or as many of something as required.
“you need to get enough of the right things to eat”


FOR EXAMPLE:

I can’t get enough of that feeling, and that’s why I learn a language every two years.

 

 


A search in iWeb corpus:

half|enough|none of _A *

1 HALF OF THE YEAR 11929
2 NONE OF THE ABOVE 10473

That is such a tough callbut Im gonna go ahead and go with C, none of the above!

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3 HALF OF THE SEASON 10061
4 NONE OF THE OTHER 6759
5 HALF OF THE 20TH 5681
6 HALF OF THE TIME 2994

It‘s not easy. I get it wrong most of the time.
I‘m laughed at half of the time but I love it because it makes me feel as though I‘m in the land of the living.

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7 HALF OF THE WORLD 2905
8 HALF OF THE 19TH 2636
9 HALF OF THE TWENTIETH 2573
10 NONE OF THE FUNDS 2538
11 HALF OF THE COUNTRY 2395
12 HALF OF THE GAME 2378
13 HALF OF THE POPULATION 2357
14 HALF OF THE PEOPLE 2317
15 HALF OF THE TOTAL 2315
16 NONE OF THE THREE 1973
17 HALF OF THE BOOK 1822
18 HALF OF THE FIRST 1807
19 NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS 1807
20 HALF OF THE NINETEENTH 1580
21 NONE OF MY BUSINESS 1543
22 HALF OF THE STATE 1429
23 HALF OF THE SCREEN 1343

The expanded feature takes up half of the screen and lists eight channels simultaneously.

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24 HALF OF THE DAY 1301
25 NONE OF THE PEOPLE 1231
26 NONE OF THE OTHERS 1211
27 NONE OF MY FRIENDS 1195
28 HALF OF THE RACE 1104
29 HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS 1037
30 HALF OF THE CENTURY 1034
31 HALF OF THE TABLE 995
32 HALF OF THE FILM 980
33 HALF OF THE STORY 959
34 HALF OF THE BODY 941
35 HALF OF THE COURSE 911
36 HALF OF THE SHOW 908
37 NONE OF THE INFORMATION 905
38 ENOUGH OF A REASON 899
39 HALF OF THE SECOND 897
40 HALF OF AN NCAA 888
41 HALF OF THE EQUATION 885
42 HALF OF THE STUDENTS 822
43 HALF OF THE INNING 819
44 HALF OF MY LIFE 814
45 NONE OF THE CHARACTERS 813
46 NONE OF THE FOUR 809
47 NONE OF THE ” 801
48 HALF OF THE CITY 800
49 HALF OF THE PATIENTS 796
50 NONE OF THE THINGS 774
51 HALF OF THE MONTH 772
52 HALF OF AN NFL 754
53 HALF OF THE FIELD 733
54 HALF OF THE UNITED 730
55 HALF OF THE WORLDS 723
56 NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS 717
57 ENOUGH OF THE RIGHT 713
58 HALF OF THE WEEK 704
59 HALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS 702
60 NONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS 688
61 HALF OF THE LAST 685
62 HALF OF THE MONEY 679
63 ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE 669
64 NONE OF THE MAJOR 656
65 NONE OF THE PLAYERS 639
66 NONE OF THE USUAL 635
67 HALF OF YOUR HAIR 631
68 HALF OF THE COST 624
69 NONE OF THE OPTIONS 612
70 NONE OF THE MEN 598
71 NONE OF THE NEW 592
72 HALF OF HIS LIFE 591
73 HALF OF THE ISLAND 588
74 HALF OF AN NBA 580
75 NONE OF OUR BUSINESS 574
76 HALF OF THE 18TH 573
77 NONE OF THE PATIENTS 569
78 HALF OF THE STATES 564
79 NONE OF MY OTHER 549
80 NONE OF THE FOLLOWING 548
81 NONE OF THE WOMEN 543
82 HALF OF THE DECADE 541
83 HALF OF THE ORIGINAL 533
84 NONE OF THE CURRENT 533
85 ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE 531
86 NONE OF THE CHILDREN 524
87 HALF OF THE MOVIE 523
88 NONE OF THE ORIGINAL 521
89 HALF OF THE THIRD 512
90 HALF OF THE NEW 502
91 HALF OF THE GROUP 499
92 HALF OF YOUR BODY 498
93 HALF OF THE NATION 497
94 HALF OF THE TEAM 497
95 HALF OF THE REMAINING 493
96 HALF OF THE BATTLE 478
97 NONE OF THE PARTIES 478
98 HALF OF HIS CAREER 475
99 HALF OF THE TOP 474
100 HALF OF THE CAMPAIGN 457


A2 Vocabulary:

century, cost, difference, enough, field, following, information,

island, race, reason, screen, story, team, third, top, usual

B1:

battle, career, challenge, characters, none,

options, original, patients, population, remaining, season, total

 

 


Half of the money I’ll put in a bank.

TLC, Speaking Test, Male, Sri Lanka, B1.

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