Can’t
Someone two levels below you in pay grade finished your work that you couldn’t do. This can’t be happening. It is unacceptable.
Video game: Someone way below your power Level beat you. This can’t be happening. It is unacceptable.
What does “can’t” mean here? Does it indicate permission? That’s the closest I can get to it by the dictionaries but it doesn’t seem right.
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What does “can’t” mean here? Does it indicate permission? No.
- What does “can’t” mean here?
- Does it indicate permission?
- No.
- I wouldn't say that.
- It's more of a comment on logical possibility.
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What does “can’t” mean here? Does it indicate permission?
No. I wouldn't say that.
It's more of a comment on logical possibility. It's the speaker's denial that something is happening or has happened because he would never have expected it to happen.
This can't be happening ~ It should be logically impossible for this to be happening, eve
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