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Preceding infinitival clause
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The genôch enough construction cannot occur with a preceding clause.

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The genôch enough construction cannot occur with a preceding clause, although the examples improve considerably in case the infinitival clause contains an object gap:

Example 1

a. *Hy wie om Frysk te praten, dapper genôch
he was for Frisian to talk brave enough
He was brave enough to talk Frisian
b. ?Hja wie om út te noegjen, tsjep genôch
she was for out to invite pretty enough
She was pretty enough to invite
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