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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

not to be able to vs. not being able to

"I have not to be able to communicate in French." vs. "I hate not being able to communicate in French." What's the difference?
  

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" vs. " What's the difference? One sentence has 'have'; the other has 'hate'.

— CalifJim

  • " vs.
  • " What's the difference?
  • One sentence has 'have'; the other has 'hate'.
  • I assume you intended the same verb in each case, but which one?
  • I suppose 'hate'.
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Anonymous"I have not to be able to communicate in French." vs. "I hate not being able to communicate in French." What's the difference?
One sentence has 'have'; the other has 'hate'. I assume you intended the same verb in each case, but which one? I suppose 'hate'.

The first one (with 'hate') is not good; the second one has the pattern used by native
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