Agreement Errors

Adjectives such as many, several, few, and enough should be used to modify plural nouns. Singular nouns may be modified by words such as a, one, the,or that.

The man reacted quickly, with few consideration for his own safety.

Consideration is a singular noun, and it can’t be used with few.

The man reacted quickly, with little consideration for his own safety.

The man reacted quickly, with no consideration for his own safety.

However, thoughts is plural, so it can be used with few.

The man reacted quickly, with few thoughts for his own safety.

Do you have enough packet of sugar?

In this sentence, we’ll have to change the noun to make it agree with the adjective enough. We can use a countable or uncountable noun, just not a singular noun.

Do you have enough packets of sugar?

Do you have enough sugar?