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I wonder if we can suppose these words as adverbs of quantity:
1.There are too many cars in the streets.
2.There isn't enough taxi servce in our city.
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'too' (in meaning similar to 'more')
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more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enough

'enough' and 'many/much' are determiners and may function in varied grammatical categories.
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Hi friends
I wonder if we can suppose these words as adverbs of quantity:
1.There are too many cars in the streets.
2.There isn't enough taxi servce in our city.


TOO - adverb of degree - it means 'more than is necessary or useful'[modifies the adjective "many"]
ENOUGH - it goes before nouns, and means 'as much as is necessary'. In this case it is not an adverb, but a 'determiner' meaning sufficient - modifies the noun "service".

Enough can be an adverb meaning 'to the necessary degree' and it goes after adjectives and adverbs.

Example:

Is your coffee hot enough? (adjective)
He didn't work hard enough. (adverb)


Additionally,

Enough modifies both countable and uncountable nouns.

"There is enough money to buy a car."
"I have enough books to read."

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