Can 2 prong outlets be grounded?

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Old-fashioned two-prong receptacles connected to two-wire cables don’t have the ground wires that protect people and electrical devices in case of a fault. Yet it is possible to retrofit a new three-prong or GFCI receptacle into the same outlet box without any rewiring, as long as the box itself is grounded.
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