Thread: diffrence between "can" and "able to"
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Old 21-Nov-2006, 00:20
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Default Re: diffrence between "can" and "able to"
Can is a verb; its past tense is could.

Able is not a verb. It must be used with an auxilliary verb and an infinitive verb.

I am able to go.
I was able to go.
We are able to go.
We were able to go.
You are able to go.
You were able to go.
I have been able to go.
He has been able to go.
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