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ROBINDESBOIS
December 12, 2019, 04:11 PM
you don't eat enough fruit vs you don't eat too much fruit.
Is you don't eat too much fruit very incorrect??? It sounds Ok to me because I am a Spanish speaker and if I translate it directly from "no comes demasiada fruta", it sounds ok.

Rusty
December 12, 2019, 04:37 PM
"You don't eat too much fruit, do you?" would be one way to say that you noticed someone's lack of fruit in their meal/diet. You're giving an opinion, but in a non-threatening way.

"You don't eat enough fruit" sounds as if you're diagnosing an issue someone is having, giving a little doctorly advice. You'll come across as asserting that the other person needs to change their diet.

wrholt
December 12, 2019, 04:52 PM
Depending on differences in context or in intonation and emphasis, your sentence "you don't eat too much fruit" can mean either "no comes demasiada fruta" or "no comes mucha fruta".