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The phrase "grateful to be able" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when expressing appreciation for the opportunity or ability to do something. Example: "I am grateful to be able to participate in this important project."
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So I was really grateful to be able to do that for her".
"The family in Dublin were really grateful to be able to bury their son at last.
(Shaar, otherwise known for his iron fist, must have been grateful to be able to sound so humane).
He said in a statement Wednesday that he is grateful to be able to coach in his hometown.
We were proud that he played for our city and we were grateful to be able to be his fans.
Over meals with shipmates, the same themes came up — we were amazed that such wildness exists, grateful to be able to experience it so intimately.
All in all, I found my first CPAC experience to be a highly interesting one, and I was grateful to be able to speak as a guest there.
It is a land of headaches and shadows, fog and inertia -- "a scary thing," LaFontaine recalls, grateful to be able to remember.
She is grateful to be able in a small way to repay the encouragement and advice Baltacha gave her on the eve of her greatest achievement in tennis.
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That expansive spirit affects the athletes, too, most of whom say that they're grateful just to be able to participate.
Gordon had just turned 23 and was grateful just to be able to race at the famous track 14 miles southeast of Pittsboro, Ind., his adopted hometown.
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