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2 Feb 2015
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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Japanese
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What is the difference between can not and can't ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between can not and can't ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US) Near fluent
- Filipino
There isnt any difference :) "can't" is short for "cannot" same for these examples
is'nt > is not
Does'nt > does not
Don't > do not
Hope that helps :)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
- English (US) Near fluent
- Filipino
The only difference is spelling but "cannot" is usually used :)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
Ok. I think that cannot was a mistake a long time ago. However, it becomes correct after being wrongly used many times.

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