what is wrong with this sentence I made?

Question

para poder ver muchos canales, tienes que tener por cable.

Pleaser remember that correct spelling and capitalization are mandatory on this site, welcome to the forum:) - 00494d19, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 1

Hola, Stevenaschmidt! ¡Bienvendido al foro! ¡Hi Stevenaschmidt! Welcome to the forum.

In your sentence you have two infinitives side by side. Two infinitives next to each other is unusual unless they are separated by a comma or a conjunction like y, or o.

Me gusta bailar y cantar. Los fines de semana voy a nadar, correr, y patinar.

In your sentence, I think you could say, Para ver muchos canales, tienes que tener cable.

I am not a native speaker, so wait and see what they say.

Sure you can, because you can have one conjugated then two infinitives. Puede querer decir= can want to say ( can mean) .... - 0074b507, Feb 6, 2011

Thanks, Heidita - sanlee, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 2

'poder ver' is correct, because it means - 'to be able to see'. But you can remove 'poder', 'para ver' is also good.

and there is something wrong with 'por cable', I think it should be 'televisión por cable'. The context says so.