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Kumambachi Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
I can't: "can not" versus "cannot"
0 Is it "can not" or "cannot?" 02 br
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00 I come across both usages but I am unsure which is correct. Are both correct, but only appropriate at certain times? Is the difference regional? 02 br
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00 Thank you so much for your help! 02 br
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00 -Kumambachi 0-
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00 I come across both usages but I am unsure which is correct. Are both correct, but only appropriate at certain times? Is the difference regional? 02 br
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00 Thank you so much for your help! 02 br
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00 -Kumambachi 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Please read [url= 05 0 00 ]this topic[/url] :) 02 br
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00 NewPhilologist 0260href http://www.EnglishForward.com/English/CannotCanNot/blzmv/Post.htm
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00 Please read [url= 05 0 00 ]this topic[/url] :) 02 br
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00 Best wishes, 02 br
00 NewPhilologist 0260href http://www.EnglishForward.com/English/CannotCanNot/blzmv/Post.htm
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01 cite 10 Kumambachi 12 cite 10 Is it "can not" or "cannot?" I come across both usages but I am unsure which is correct. Are both correct, but only appropriate at certain times? Is the difference regional? Thank you so much for your help! -Kumambachi 12 blockquote10 'can not' is AmE. In BrE, 'cannot' is used. 0-
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00 'can not' is AmE. 12 blockquote10 This comment is not consistent with my own (American) education. In school we were told that 01 i 00 cannot 02 i 00 is the only acceptable form. 02 br
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