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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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You can't be driving / You can't drive
1) You can't be driving.
2) You can't drive.
I wonder what's the difference between these two sentences. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!
2) You can't drive.
I wonder what's the difference between these two sentences. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!
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Well, you have provided no context whatsoever, but presumably in #1, the person spoken to is either driving now or scheduled to do so, but the speaker doesn't believe it. #2 seems simply to ban the person spoken to from operating the vehicle, or to observe that s/he does not have the skill to do so.
- Well, you have provided no context whatsoever, but presumably in #1, the person spoken to is either driving now or scheduled to do so, but the speaker doesn't believe it.
- #2 seems simply to ban the person spoken to from operating the vehicle, or to observe that s/he does not have the skill to do so.
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Well, you have provided no context whatsoever, but presumably in #1, the person spoken to is either driving now or scheduled to do so, but the speaker doesn't believe it.
#2 seems simply to ban the person spoken to from operating the vehicle, or to observe that s/he does not have the skill to do so.
#2 seems simply to ban the person spoken to from operating the vehicle, or to observe that s/he does not have the skill to do so.
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