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'meds' is used as slang for 'medications' or 'medicines' | "hold" vs "keep"
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Capable of vs. capable to Tue Mar 14, 2006 16:18 pm  Capable of vs. capable to
 

Hi, I'm a bit confused: I used to think that capable is followed by of as in She is capable of making her own decisions. Now I have found this phrase in an online dictionary:

capable to inherit

Is this a Germanism that does not exist in real English?

Thank you,
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Capable of Tue Mar 14, 2006 20:37 pm  Capable of
 

Hi Nicole, I agree capable of is the usual constuctiom as in:

capable of deceiving others/ capable of deceit.

I don't know capable to. Perhaps it's a sort of muddled variation of capacity to as in: have the capacity to deceive.

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