Qualify or be qualified

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What is the difference between “to qualify” and “to be qualified”? Should I say “I qualify to be an expert” or “I am qualified to be an expert”? Is there a difference?

2/11/208:59 PM

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Gustavo, ContributorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

Hi, PJ,

I don't see much difference between both sentences:

- I qualify to be (considered) an expert.

- I am qualified to be (considered) an expert.

I only perceive a subtle difference between the intransitive qualify, which seems to suggest a process of selection where some people qualify and others don't, and the copulative be and the adjective qualified, which more clearly describe a given state.

2/16/209:30 AM

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