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What is the difference between I will not be able to come tonight. and I can't make it tonight. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I will not be able to come tonight. and I can't make it tonight. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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26 Nov 2022
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âI will not be able to come tonightâ - More formal.
âI canât make it tonightâ - more natural and used. Also, perhaps you were PLANNING to come, but plans changed and you canât.
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There isn't much of a difference between those two phrases.
Except:
"I can't make it tonight" may be used when you already made a promise that you'll go, but later your situation has changed, and thus "I can't make it tonight(I can no longer come)".
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âI will not be able to come tonightâ - More formal.
âI canât make it tonightâ - more natural and used. Also, perhaps you were PLANNING to come, but plans changed and you canât.
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