Something can be done to it
On BBC Learning English's session, it says:
-able
Creates an adjective meaning that the subject can do something OR that something can be done to it.
Example words: excitable, employable, pleasurable, enjoyable, loveable, readable, breakable, moveable
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What does 'something can be done to it' (especially 'to it') mean?
PS - I also posted the same question https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/253638-something-can-be-done-to-it?p=1345592#post1345592, but all of your answers are unique.
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(Update) Does 'it' mean 'an adjective' and ' to it' mean 'reaching a particular state'? q=to
- (Update) Does 'it' mean 'an adjective' and ' to it' mean 'reaching a particular state'?
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(Update)
Does 'it' mean 'an adjective' and 'to it' mean 'reaching a particular state'?
See definition 4 http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/to_1?q=to
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