Learn English – Is it correct to say “there is not enough elevator in the building.”

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Let's suppose that there is only two elevator in my company building which is not sufficient to accommodate all the people in the building so it will take much time to go up or down to lobby. Can I say

There is not enough elevator in the building.

and if there's grammatical error in my thread, plz let me know! Thanks in advance!

Best Answer

As Sid stated, the correct ways to say it are:

  • "There aren't enough elevators in the building"
  • "There aren't a sufficient number of elevators in the building"
  • "This building does not have a sufficient number of elevators"

The word "elevator" isn't uncountable like say "air" or "space" for instance.

So you can't say "There isn't enough elevator". You need to use the plural form "elevators" and because of this change the "isn't" to "aren't".