To be qualified for doing something

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She is qualified to teach Italian, French, German and English as foreign languages and holds a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics and New Technologies from the University of Hull.Do you say "to be qualified for doing something" to mean "to be qualified to do something"?

Avangi · Accepted Answer

It depends on your intended meaning.

This is the famous ambiguity between passive voice and the copular verb plus an adjective complement.

I don't believe she is qualified to teach French.

I don't believe she has been qualified for that position.

But it's also natural to say, "I don't believe she is qualified for that position."

So we're also dealing with the infinitve, rather than simply a difference in choice of prepositions.

***Some verbs take the infinitive.*** Edit. Sorry, doesn't apply here!

We can use "for" with the gerund and the infinitive "by itself."

HUBLOTDo you say "to be qualified for doing something" to mean "to be qualified to do something"?

In a word, "yes."

Sorry for the diversion. - A.

The passive structure doesn't really apply to your particular question.

(You can say "She was qualiied" to mean she went through the process of becoming qualified - or somebody qualified her.)

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