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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

i happened to ask this to my friend, "did you able to open my email? and he replied that its a wrong english.. how should i say it then? please teach me..
  

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The verb is "to be able", not "to able". " . " , etc.

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The verb is "to be able", not "to able". So, you can say "Were you able to open my e-mail?".

You can also ask, with similar meanings, "Did you open my e-mail?", "Did you get to open my e-mail?", "Did you manage to open my e-mail?", "Did you have any possibility to open my e-mail?", "Did yo