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05-10-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by chryuop View Post
Why not 野球をできる? I mean, できる is already the potential form of する. Wouldn't be like saying "I can do, do laundry" (stupid example, but couldn't come up with one better to try to explain what I wanted to say sorry).
Because you're supposed to use が with potential verbs technically. For example, (a weird and simplistic sentence) ピザが食べられる is the textbook correct form, not ピザを食べられる. Using を there, IIRC, is "wrong" but people still do it, and I think, like using を with たい form, it emphasizes the object of the sentence.
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