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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

If ... Can or Can't ... .

Could you please take a look at this sentence and see whether "can" is correct or "can't"?
I think both have the same meaning, then again, I would choose "can".

I know you're having problems at work with your boss, but why don't you just be honest with him about it and see if you {can or can't which one?} work it out together?
  

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Hi, Use can . and see if you can sort it out... ~ It's a suggestion .

— Regards

  • Hi, Use can .
  • and see if you can sort it out...
  • ~ It's a suggestion .
  • Maybe you'll have the opportunity to sort out your problems if you are honest about your feelings.
  • You should try being honest with him.
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Hi,

Use can.

...and see if you can sort it out... ~ It's a suggestion. Maybe you'll have the opportunity to sort out your

problems if you are honest about your feelings. You should try being honest with him. You should see if your

being honest with him will help you.

Regards
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Hi,

I agree there's not a lot of difference, but . . .

. . . see if you can't work it out together. To my mind, the speaker here seems a little less optimistic about the chance of success.

Clive
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Thanks you both. Emotion: smile
CliveTo my mind, the speaker here seems a little less optimistic about the chance of succe
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Hi,
The 'windows' are probably the same in English, as in your language.
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