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Nhật Bình Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Cannot but
Knowing that your only chance to prove your competence relies on a couple of questions that need to be answered within a suffocating time limit cannot but fill you with anxiety.
I don't understand the phrase 'cannot but'.
Could you explain it?
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It's a language device used for emphasis. It means there is no possibility that it will lead to something else. It will certainly fill you with anxiety.
- It's a language device used for emphasis.
- It means there is no possibility that it will lead to something else.
- It will certainly fill you with anxiety.
- Think of it as "cannot not".
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It's a language device used for emphasis. It means there is no possibility that it will lead to something else. It will certainly fill you with anxiety. Think of it as "cannot not".
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