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What is the correct grammatical structure for to say "too [adj] to [verb]"?
For example, "this is too sweet to eat" or "It's too bright outside to sleep".
Would it be something like 「甘いすぎるから、食べる事ができない」？But I feel this translates more
to "because it's too sweet, I can't it eat". I'm looking for a more natural
way to say this that would resemble the English "too [adj] to [verb]". Anyone
can help? Thank you so much in advance.
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"Too [adj] to [verb]" structure
I'm Japanese native speaker.  
Your sentence, "甘いすぎるから、食べる事ができない" is a little strange. Correct one is
"甘すぎるから、食べる事ができない". Japanese words change irregularly influenced by back word.
There are 6 types of verb conjugation. I guess it's a little complex for non-
native speakers, haha.  
Anyway, I guess you want to emphasize "甘い" don't you? Then your sentence
already includes the expression for emphasis, "すぎる".

Or you feel another problem for your expression? At least when I learned
English, I heard, "When we translate "too [adj] to [verb]" into Japanese, we
should use the structure, "[adj] because..."." So it's alright to use it, I
think.
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_this is too sweet to eat_

> 甘すぎて、食べられない

_It's too bright outside to sleep_

> 明るすぎて、眠れない

The ~sugite is not always necessary.

> 明るくて、眠れない

I'm using the potential form of the verb here. You can use ことができない to replace
it if you're uncomfortable with it, but the long form sounds stiff to me.
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