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Genôch enough
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The modifier genôch enough must occur after the adjective. If the adjective is not in an attributive position, the postmodifier genôch enough may cliticize on the adjective.

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An example involving the postadjectival modifier genôch enough (see Sufficient degree, genôch enough) is given below:

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a. De man is tûk genôch
the man is smart enough
The man is smart enough
b. *De tûk / tûke genôch man
the smart enough man
The man that is smart enough

The example improves somewhat in case the construction does not require overt marking of the adjective, that is, in the case of the indefinite neuter singular:

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?In tûk genôch hynder
a smart enough horse
A horse that is smart enough

Possibly, this example is better than the preceding one because it does not involve a violation of the overt agreement mechanism, although it still involves a violation of the principle requiring an attributive adjective to be final within its projection (the Head Final Filter).

If the adjective is not in an attributive position, the postmodifier genôch enough may cliticize on the adjective, in the form of the suffix -ernôch:

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a. De man is tûkernôch
the man is smart.enough
The man is smart enough
b. Frjemdernôch joegen se him de kaaien
strange.enough gave they him the keys
Strange enough they gave him the keys

If the adjective is in attributive position, cliticisation does not improve the phrase:

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a. *De tûkernôch / tûkernôge man
the smart.enough / smart.enough.CG man.CG
The man that is smart enough
b. ?In tûkernôch hynder
a smart.enough horse.NG
A horse that is smart enough
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