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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
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I can't but go there.
Dear all,
Today in a video, one of our non-native English teachers says that we can use the sentences "We can't but celebrate this Christmas" and "I can't but go there" instead of "We can't help celebrating this Christmas" and "I can't help going there" respectively. I'd like to get your opinion on this
Today in a video, one of our non-native English teachers says that we can use the sentences "We can't but celebrate this Christmas" and "I can't but go there" instead of "We can't help celebrating this Christmas" and "I can't help going there" respectively. I'd like to get your opinion on this
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cat navy 425 I'd like to get your opinion on this. I suppose there may be some places in the world where that expression is still regularly used, but there can't be many of them. "can't but" strikes me as an old man from the 19th century, though I imagine that authors may still occasionally use it if they want to convey the flavor of older times.
- cat navy 425 I'd like to get your opinion on this.
- I suppose there may be some places in the world where that expression is still regularly used, but there can't be many of them.
- "can't but" strikes me as an old man from the 19th century, though I imagine that authors may still occasionally use it if they want to convey the flavor of older times.
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- it seems to me that we always put 'help' in between.
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cat navy 425I'd like to get your opinion on this.
I suppose there may be some places in the world where that expression is still regularly used, but there can't be many of them.
"can't but" strikes me as an old man from the 19th century, though I imagine that authors may still occasionally use it if they want to convey the flavor of older times.
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