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Intensifier

Intensifiers are adverbial phrases that intensify or strengthens the meaning of other expressions or show emphasis.

Know about Intensifier: Enough

There’s enough love to go around

The Intensifier “enough” expresses that there’s the right amount of something. When there’s enough, there’s not too much and not too little.

For instance, you’re at a cafe and a waitress says to you,

“Is there enough cream in your coffee?” 

She isn’t asking if there is cream in your coffee, she knows there is. The waitress wants to know if there is the right amount of cream in your coffee. The Intensifier “enough” seeks to find out if something is just right. 

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With this in mind, you may hear a native speaker saying: 

“There’s enough love to go around.” 

By using the Intensifier “enough,” the speaker is telling the listener that people are good by nature. 

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Know about Intensifier: Rather

Your eyes are rather bewitching

Before we begin, I’d like to say something about today’s word. Today’s word is “bewitching”. It’s a fun word. It means so beautiful that you cannot think about anything else. And, we have placed this word in a sentence with the Intensifier “rather.” Let’s have a look. 

The Intensifier “rather,” as the name says, strengthens a sentence’s Noun. And so, “rather” is placed in the sentence’s Object (in regards to SVO) before the ending Adjective. For example, you may encounter a native English Speaker saying:

“Your eyes are rather bewitching.” 

By saying this, the speaker is telling the listener that their eyes are so beautiful the speaker cannot think about anything else. 

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