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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

How to negate this sentence using "can" and "will"? (referring to possibility)

0A: There's somebody ringing the doorbell.02br
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00B: That01b01font00 02font01font00will02font02b00 be Bob. He said he would be here at this time. / That 01font01b00will 02b02font00be the postman at the door now.02br
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00May I ask how do we negate these two sentences? Can we use 01b00"can't"02b00 or 01b00"won't"02b00? Like:02br
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00A: There's somebody ringing the doorbell.02br
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00B: That01font01b00 won't02b00/01b00can't02b02font00 be Bob. He said he wouldn't be here at this time. / That 01font01font01b00won't02b02font00/01font01b00can't02b02font01b00 02b02font00be the postman at the door now.02br
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00Please enlighten me on this? Thank you for your opinion.0-
  

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0You can negate them as you say, yes. 02br 00Be aware that many of the expressions you have been studying recently have just one or two typical uses. It's all right to learn how to negate them, how to use them in the past, or how to form questions from them, but you need to realize that not all of these forms are equally useful in real conversations.

— CalifJim

  • 0You can negate them as you say, yes.
  • 02br 00Be aware that many of the expressions you have been studying recently have just one or two typical uses.
  • It's all right to learn how to negate them, how to use them in the past, or how to form questions from them, but you need to realize that not all of these forms are equally useful in real conversations.
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0You can negate them as you say, yes. I think that most of the time, however, people use 01i00will02i00 to guess who is there; they don't as often use 01i00won't02i00 to declare who is probably not there!02br
00Be aware that many of the expressions you have been studying recently have just one or two typical uses. It's all right to le
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0Thank you for your advice! And your answer is very helpful to me. Thank you!0-
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