Modal Verbs – Difference Between “You Can Be Able To” and “You Would/Should Be Able To”

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On many online articles/posts, I've seen writer using the sentence "You can be able to…". Is it because the writer is non-English speaker or that use is grammatically correct?

An example would be this online post. If in this post, you search "you can able to" you will find at one place author of the article writes:

Click on All users link and you can able to view our local AD users on the list.

I thought the sentence should be: "

Click on All users link and you would be able to view our local AD users on the list.

Or maybe:

Click on All users link and you should be able to view our local AD users on the list.

But, I may be wrong as I'm myself not a native English speaker.

Best Answer

You are correct; the example sentence has an error.

"Can able to" is not correct.

In the most straightforward context, I would recommend:

...you will be able to...

"Could", "would", or "should" introduce some uncertainty. In some cases, such as describing a hypothetical situation, these words would be appropriate. However, in instructions such as here, I hope the writer knows what will happen when I click a link rather than supposing what should happen.