Parenthetical expressions

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Parentheticals cannot intervene between the finite verb and the subject.

Dh'fhàg	Dàibhidh,	tha	mi	cinnteach,	an dè
leave.pst	David	be.pres	1sg	sure	yesterday
'David, I am sure, left yesterday.' (Adger 2000)

*Dh'fhàg,	tha	mi	cinnteach,	Dàibhidh	an dè
leave.pst	be.pres	1sg	sure	David	yesterday

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