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faith2k



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:52 am    Post subject: can be able to Reply with quote
Dear Teachers,

I saw in corpus data a sentence, "...cars down save a few lives and then you can be able to let your kids out on the front a bit 'cos..."

Can "can" co-occur with "be able to" like above?

Thank you.

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pugachevV



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
No. You don't need the two together. This kind of error is called tautology
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