Not enough is known about what happened.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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I have just found the following sentence in my dictionary.

Not enough is known about what happened.

I would like to know how would you parse the word “enough” here. Is it a pronoun or an adjective?
Thanks.

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I would say it (enough) is a noun here.

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pronoun

We do not know as much as we want to know about what happened.

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Thanks.
In that sentence, “not” is an adverb. Which word in the sentence does the adverb modify?

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Hello, Screen:

I have some ideas (not “answers”) to share with you.

I have done some googling, and I think that it is accurate to say that your sentence could be considered a shorter example of:

“Not enough information is known about what happened.”

IF (if!) that is true, do you think that we can say:

“not” is an adverb that modifies the adjective (or determiner) “enough,” which in turn modifies the noun “information.”

Angry newspaper reporters: Why isn’t the government giving us more information?

Government official: I’m very sorry, not enough is known at this time.

James

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Well, thank you. That makes perfect sense now. I was confused about the adverb “not”.

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I was, too. Thanks for your great question.