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Rule "missing 'to' after 'able'"

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Description:	missing 'to' after 'able'
Message:	The preposition 'to' is required before the verb '\4'.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I'm able go forward. Correction suggestion: able to go Tom is not able make this happening. Correction suggestion: able to make
Correct sentences for comparison:	They are unable even to exercise faith in Christ by their own will. A little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	ABLE_VBP [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)

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