[Grammar] enough to do something

Heidi said:

Dear teachers,

- He studied enough to pass the exam.

I'm not sure how to interpret this sentence. Does it suggest that he studied hard and so he passed the exam?

Thank you!

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Heidi said:

Dear teachers,

- He studied enough to pass the exam.

I'm not sure how to interpret this sentence. Does it suggest that he studied hard and so he passed the exam?

Thank you!

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Heidi said:

Thank you!

If the sentence is changed into "he studied hard enough to pass the exam", what I would like to know is if he passed the exam?

Or it just means he studied hard enough in order to pass the exam?

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emsr2d2 said:

It depends on whether he passed the exam!

You could say "He studied [just] hard enough to pass the exam. That's what he thought, but he was wrong and he failed!"

However, it's more likely that he passed. There's really no difference between "enough to pass" and "enough in order to pass".

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Heidi said:

If Jenny failed on her test. Jenny's mother tells her father, "Don't blame Jenny for failing the exam. She studied hard enough to pass the exam."

Could you please tell me if this is a possible situation to use 'she studied hard enough to pass the exam'?

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