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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Double negative

I can't not love you.

I can not not love you.

Is it compulsory to abbreviate ''can not'' in the second sentence?

Is it ok to say the second sentence in speaking?
  

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Anonymous Is it compulsory to abbreviate can not in the second sentence? Yes. Anonymous Is it ok to say the second sentence in speaking?

— RandomGuy

  • Anonymous Is it compulsory to abbreviate can not in the second sentence?
  • Yes.
  • Anonymous Is it ok to say the second sentence in speaking?
  • Yes, but the contraction is more usual.
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AnonymousIs it compulsory to abbreviate can not in the second sentence?
Yes.
AnonymousIs it ok to say the second sentence in speaking?
Yes, but the contraction is more usual.
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"Can't" is the contraction for "cannot", one word.
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Whoops! For some reason I thought the OP was asking if can not had to be cannot and if we could use the latter instead of the contraction in speech.
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