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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"can't able" confusion

Hi
I see people using "can't able ....." more frequently.
Is that not a mistake? Because able should be with "I am able.../I am not able..."
Could some native speaker give comment on this?
Thank you
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  • " If you think you are hearing it frequently, maybe you are misunderstanding what you hear?
  • If that is really what people are saying, then you're right; it's a mistake.
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I've never heard anyone say "can't able." If you think you are hearing it frequently, maybe you are misunderstanding what you hear? If that is really what people are saying, then you're right; it's a mistake.
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There is no such usage in the English language. You can say “I can’t attend your birthday party this weekend” or “ I am unable to attend your party this weekend”.
“Can’t able” is not English.

is not English.

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I've never heard anyone say "can't able" either -- not even as a slang usage. However, it would be possible to say "can't enable". Could that possibly be what you're hearing?

What dumbfounds me is that googling "can't able" results in over 700,000 hits.
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can't able??? No such thing.
can't be able??? Maybe, but very rarely and probably wrongly, as a conclusion that it is impossible that someone should be able to do something. I would say must not be able in that circumstance.
Look how that guy is gesturing and using some kind of sign language. He [?can't be able / must not be able] to speak English.
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0Thanks a lot for all your valuable comments and I will explain to the people who makes such mistake. 02br
00And it's true that most of them found to be IT professionals 0-
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