Plentyas a pronoun
We useplentyas a pronoun to mean ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’:
A:How much money do you think I need to bring with me?
B:About one hundred pounds should beplenty.
[A is pouring milk into B’s coffee]
A:Is that enough?
B:That’splenty.Thanks.
Plenty ofas a quantifier
We useplenty ofas a quantifier before both countable and uncountable nouns to mean ‘a lot’, ‘a large quantity’:
Don’t worry there areplenty ofoptions.
[risotto is an Italian rice dish]
A:What shall we have for dinner?
B:Well, we’ve gotplenty ofrice. How about risotto?
Plenty ofpeople have dropped out of school early and have still been very successful in their careers.
Plenty: typical errors
Take care to spellplentycorrectly: not ‘planty’.
We useplenty ofbefore nouns:
There’s no rush. We’ve gotplenty oftime.
Not:We’ve got plenty time.
See also:
Lots,a lot,plenty
Many