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Ye Thu Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Creating

1. Eventually, robots can probably manage to service and mend each other.
2. Eventually, robots can probably be able to service and mend each other.
Are these two sentences grammatically correct? Thanks a lot.
  

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Ye Thu Are these two sentences grammatically correct? No, not really. 'Can' is wrong there (and is redundant with 'be able to'; 'manage' means 'barely accomplish'; also, 'service' = 'mend' (which should be 'repair').

— Mister Micawber

  • Ye Thu Are these two sentences grammatically correct?
  • No, not really.
  • 'Can' is wrong there (and is redundant with 'be able to'; 'manage' means 'barely accomplish'; also, 'service' = 'mend' (which should be 'repair').
  • I suggest: Eventually, robots will probably be able to maintain and repair each other.
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Ye ThuAre these two sentences grammatically correct?
No, not really. 'Can' is wrong there (and is redundant with 'be able to'; 'manage' means 'barely accomplish'; also, 'service' = 'mend' (which should be 'repair'). I suggest:

Eventually, robots will probably be able to maintain and repair each other.
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