Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Common errors in English: Usage of capable/ incapable of

Capable/incapable + of + gerund 


There are words which regularly take a preposition after them and that preposition may be followed by a gerund, not by an infinitive. 


Incorrect: He is quite capable to do that. 


Correct : He is quite capable of doing that.


Incorrect : She is incapable to tell a lie. 


Correct : She is incapable of telling a lie.


Note: But the adjective ‘able/unable’ is followed by the infinitive. 


Incorrect . He is able to walking now. 


Correct : He is able to walk now.