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In this paper, we will suggest that the MERGE-based system in Chomsky (2019a,b,c) and Chomsky et al. (2019) can successfully account for Adjunct Condition and Anti-Adjunct Condition, assuming the following conditions. First, adjuncts can enter into Pair-MERGE relation with the matrix clause. Second, while wh-phrase in the adjunct with tense effect can be moved to the edge position of adjunct CP under the Phase Impenetrability Condition, wh-phrase in the adjunct without tense effect remains in situ. In this respect, we will consider that the adjunct with tense effect violates the Determinacy Principle, since its workspace involves two copies and thus causes the ambiguous rule application. However, the adjunct without tense effect does not violate the Determinacy Principle, since its workspace involves just one copy, which does not cause the ambiguous rule application. Therefore, we can argue that our analysis of Adjunct Condition and Anti-Adjunct Condition can give an explanatory power to the Minimalist Theory