Be able to
Be means am/is/are (present tense) and was/were (past tense)
Can - am/is/are able to
could - was/were able to
can not/could not (negative)
be unable to (affirmative)
Note: use am/is/are able to instead of can and Use was/were able to instead of could.
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1] The law cannot become the guardian of our private manners. (Use- Be unable to)
Ans: The law is unable to become the guardian of our private manners.
2] I couldn’t pay the fare. (Use- Be able to)
Ans: I was not able to pay the fare.
3] We cannot get them back by invoking the law. (Use- Be able to)
Ans: We are not able to get them back by invoking the law.
4] He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Use- Be unable to)
Ans: He was unable to rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles.
5] But no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners. (Use- Be able to)
Ans: But no legal system was able to attempt to legislate against bad manners.
6] Wordsworth was able to gather lessons of wisdom. (Remove -Be able to)
Ans: Wordsworth could gather lessons of wisdom.
7] How can you be otherwise with Saturn where he is? (Use- Be able to)
Ans: How are you able to be otherwise with Saturn where he is?
8] If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Remove - could)
Ans: If only he was able to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.
9] The king is able to do nothing wrong. (Remove - Be able to)
Ans: The king can do nothing wrong.
10] She was able to face the whole horror. (Remove - Be able to)
Ans: She could face the whole horror.
Examples:
11] she could not be fashionable. (Remove - Be able to)
12] You can’t get out of it now. (Use - Be able to)
13] Now she could see flies crawling slowly out of a saucer of milk with their wings stuck together. (Use - Be able to)
14]I can buy some jaggery and coconut tomorrow. (Use - Be able to)
15] can imagine that lift-man, (Use - Be able to)
16] he can have the service for asking(Use - Be able to)
17] It cannot be too widely diffused (spread) in a rather drab (gloomy) world. (Use - Be able to)
18] We cannot get them back by invoking the law. (Use - Be able to)
19] you can also track the condition of the goods. (Use - Be able to)
20] Why can’t we produce good toys in India? (Use - Be able to)
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