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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Can not

Hi,

I know that the correct term is "cannot" or "can't", but isn't there any situation where we can use it this way: "con not + ..." please?

  

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From Oxford Living Dictionaries: "Both cannot and can not are acceptable spellings, but the first is much more usual. You would use can not when the ‘not’ forms part of another construction such as ‘not only’. "

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  • From Oxford Living Dictionaries: "Both cannot and can not are acceptable spellings, but the first is much more usual.
  • You would use can not when the ‘not’ forms part of another construction such as ‘not only’.
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From Oxford Living Dictionaries:

"Both cannot and can not are acceptable spellings, but the first is much more usual. You would use can not when the ‘not’ forms part of another

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