If you cannot do something, you do not have the ABILITY to do something. If you can't speak English, you do not know the language. But on the other hand, if you know English, but there are some people with you who do not know it, you don't speak it because to do so would be rude.
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what is the difference between don't and can't
for example : i can't speak english and i don't speak english
This is an unfortunate example, because in this case we say "I don't speak English" when we mean "I can't speak English" or "I don't know how to speak English". In other words, there are many cases where the difference between don't and can't is