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I found this odd use of てあげる while reading an introductory Kobun book.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2BUcu.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2BUcu.png)

> 終止形の「i」が「u」になっていたら、四段活用に入れてあげられたのに、「あり」はそこだけ変なので四段活用には入れてあげられません。

It seems to me that てあげる used in this sentence seem to mean "raise up." But I
fail to understand how the meaning will change if 入れられる is used instead? Also,
is there any difference between 入る and 入れてあげられる/入れられる?
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What てあげる means here?
This (-て)あげる is a donatory subsidiary verb, the antonym of (-て)もらう. られる is
potential. Here, this -てあげられない roughly means " _unfortunately_ cannot ～". With
あげる, the author is signaling that treating あり as an irregular verb is
inconvenient to someone or something.

Maybe the author temporarily personified classical Japanese verbs, and said
excluding あり from its friends was harsh to the verb. But maybe the author just
thought this irregularity was inconvenient to the readers.
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