Which one is right?
- I am glad to tell you that ...
- I am glad I can tell you that ...
Or can both be used?
I am from Germany and we use both (in German).
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Sign up to join this communityBoth are fine, they obey all the grammar rules, and are reasonably idiomatic. The meanings might be subtly different, as the second one has the word "can" - which links to "ability" or "permission", and suggests that previously "I couldn't tell you."