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Jan 25, 2017 · "The brain is capable of generating visual representations" Or perhaps capable to generate would be better? Or some other phrasing. What is the semantic difference between capable of and capable to?
Sep 29, 2006 · able = having considerable skill, proficiency, or intelligence. capable = able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent. So I would say that "able" implies a higher level of skill and proficiency than merely "capable": an able cook is a better cook than a capable one. K.
Dec 19, 2006 · If you look "are capable to" (in inverted commas) up in Google you get 350.000 results, on the other hand with "are capable of" you reach over the million. Are they both correct or just the second one? thanks! Click to expand... Just so you know, Morarangel, it's "able toprovide," and "capable ofproviding".
Aug 12, 2019 · Senior Member. (1) and (2) are just plain wrong. It is presumably already within your capability (you have the necessary knowledge and skills), but you don't have access. (3) is possible, but there is no reason to use "be able to" here; it tends to get used when "can"/"could" could be confusing (because of the number of different uses of "can ...
Sep 4, 2014 · Hi all; I know present participle is generally used after "capable of" . Why is there a past particple (controlled) here? "This week, at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, before an audience of her peers, Poon demonstrated a tiny, wirelessly powered, self-propelled medical...
Jun 15, 2020 · Hi everyone, I really can't understand this, in accordance with the definition , suffixes go at the end of words and change the part of speech of the words. However, I have noticed that authors of some books maintain that "-able" in "capable" and "ible" in "edible" ,for instance, are suffixes...
May 3, 2017 · They all have the same meaning, though in my opinion, assuming you meant to say ' . . . enabled us to work faster', the first one is the most natural.
Aug 21, 2010 · Hi In my opinion both ways of expressing the following sentence are correct.What do you think? "What I like about him is that he is capable of speaking/able to speak without restraint in public." Thank you very much.
Sep 2, 2020 · Hello, In the sentence below, I wonder how "capable" can be translated into French and what it means exactly. The film in question tells the story of a Brazilian family seeking asylum in Sweden. "The film’s final act will barrel forward, pushing the performances to the limit, revealing all the...
Jan 19, 2015 · "I realized of what I am capable" is not something you're likely to hear or read, at least in contemporary US English. As Jeff suggests, it's fine to end a sentence with a preposition, if that's the most natural way of framing the sentence.
