ABLE BE ABLE TO

Definition

“Be able to” constructions expressing ability.

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="JJ"]
Word list (2 items)
able unable

Requires: word, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Sources

  • mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version

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