Fill in the blank with the most suitable determiner:
There is _____ food to feed everyone.
Fill in the blank with the most suitable determiner:
There is _____ food to feed everyone.
The correct option is B enough
In the given sentence ‘food’ is an uncountable noun; therefore ‘several’ cannot be used. ‘Several’ is a determiner that is used only with countable nouns. Therefore option B is incorrect. Similarly, ‘either’ cannot be used here because ‘either’ is used when the sentence provides a choice between two nouns. As the given sentence doesn’t state a choice between two things, option C is incorrect. On the other hand, in the given context, between ‘enough’ and ‘some’ we should choose ‘enough’ because ‘some’ denotes a small quantity, whereas ‘enough’ means a sufficient amount of something. Since the sentence explains that there is sufficient food to feed all of them, ‘enough’ would be the apt option. Hence option A is correct, whereas option D is incorrect.
In the given sentence ‘food’ is an uncountable noun; therefore ‘several’ cannot be used. ‘Several’ is a determiner that is used only with countable nouns. Therefore option B is incorrect. Similarly, ‘either’ cannot be used here because ‘either’ is used when the sentence provides a choice between two nouns. As the given sentence doesn’t state a choice between two things, option C is incorrect. On the other hand, in the given context, between ‘enough’ and ‘some’ we should choose ‘enough’ because ‘some’ denotes a small quantity, whereas ‘enough’ means a sufficient amount of something. Since the sentence explains that there is sufficient food to feed all of them, ‘enough’ would be the apt option. Hence option A is correct, whereas option D is incorrect.
