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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
To be qualified for doing something
She is qualified to teach Italian, French, German and English as foreign languages and holds a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics and New Technologies from the University of Hull.
Do you say "to be qualified for doing something" to mean "to be qualified to do something"?
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It depends on your intended meaning. This is the famous ambiguity between passive voice and the copular verb plus an adjective complement. I don't believe she is qualified to teach French.
- It depends on your intended meaning.
- This is the famous ambiguity between passive voice and the copular verb plus an adjective complement.
- I don't believe she is qualified to teach French.
- I don't believe she has been qualified for that position.
- " So we're also dealing with the infinitve, rather than simply a difference in choice of prepositions.
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It depends on your intended meaning.
This is the famous ambiguity between passive voice and the copular verb plus an adjective complement.
I don't believe she is qualified to teach French.
I don't believe she has been qualified for that position.
But it's also natural to say, "I don't believe she is qualified for that position."
So
This is the famous ambiguity between passive voice and the copular verb plus an adjective complement.
I don't believe she is qualified to teach French.
I don't believe she has been qualified for that position.
But it's also natural to say, "I don't believe she is qualified for that position."
So
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