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Ljswave Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Would you advise about it?

I'm curious about the various mean of auxiliary verb.
then this question is about the meaning of can't in the below lines.

I found can't word in the dictionary.
That goes:
We use can't when we think it is very important that something should not happen or that someone should not do something.
What I want to ask is which auxiliary verb can replace instead of can't
I guess shouldn't, ought not to, must not can be replaced.
Would you advise about it in detail?
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-Hey, what's going on?
Where is everyone?
-Auditions are over.
- What? Who's in charge?
Listen...you can't leave.
You haven't heard our band.

-Sorry.The bill is full. We're overbooked.
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Top answer

You haven't heard our band. This is really more of a final plea to consider something. Rather than mean something is impossible, it expresses a strong desire on the part of the speaker that it not happen.

— Philip

  • You haven't heard our band.
  • This is really more of a final plea to consider something.
  • Rather than mean something is impossible, it expresses a strong desire on the part of the speaker that it not happen.
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ljswaveListen...you can't leave.You haven't heard our band.
This is really more of a final plea to consider something. Rather than mean something is impossible, it expresses a strong desire on the part of the speaker that it not happen.
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