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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Is it a correct sentence "She could not able to speak"?
Please let me know why it is not correct.
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Anon: Could and able are both used to say the same thing, but not together! These all mean the same thing (present time): She is mute. She can not speak.
- Anon: Could and able are both used to say the same thing, but not together!
- These all mean the same thing (present time): She is mute.
- She can not speak.
- She is not able to speak.
- These all mean the same thing (past time) She was mute.
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Anon:
Could and able are both used to say the same thing, but not together!
These all mean the same thing (present time):
She is mute.
She can not speak.
She is not able to speak.
These all mean the same thing (past time)
She was mute.
She was not able to speak.
She could not speak.
Could and able are both used to say the same thing, but not together!
These all mean the same thing (present time):
She is mute.
She can not speak.
She is not able to speak.
These all mean the same thing (past time)
She was mute.
She was not able to speak.
She could not speak.
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"She could not able to speak."
She could not speak.
AnonymousPlease let me know why it is not correct.It is not correct because could not must be followed by a verb. able is an adjective, not a verb. Anyway, could includes the meaning of able to, so it's like saying the same thing twice. Leave out "able to".
She could not speak.
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