Appropriate usage of “can’t” and “cannot”
Are there any rules for using cant and cant since they’meant’ the same thing, and they are used interchangeably, but they sound weird in certain contexts, which are in their own language?
What is your opinion on ‘Original English’?
Can’t replaces Can’t in all
situations? There are exceptions. In wh-movement, the contraction should not be expanded unless you also change the word order. Why
can’t I have bacon? Why
shouldn’t I have bacon? Why can’t I
have bacon? //OK again, although formalStylistically, the choice between can’t and cannot is more complex. Generally, people use can’t in speech and informal writing, and can’t or can not in formal writing or very formal speech. Also, can might be used when you need to carefully distinguish it from can’t in speech.
What is the best way to describe my personal experience!
I believe that this is up to writer’s discretion, and can be controversial for some. Is “Need” should be done in a formal or a written piece? When a question is so specific that it can’t be answered quickly on Quora, then it is actually irrelevant unless the question is specific enough. And what should I do to improve my answer? Is it true: “He can help us, can he? Nevertheless, as the language rules get more but more relaxed you can find
“can’t” very often even in science papers/newspapers, etc. which is fine if you ask me.
Side note: “Can not” often used in “really”, if you put big emphasis on the “not” part of the speech, e.g. any adverb. “Can not” is used. Why can’t you eat ice cream at the museum? In this case, (in this case it would be clearly pronounced written as two words) “. In fact, nobody would write that I am able to “cannot” (which only works on a PC)!
Source: source: aliens from the
US living in the US working in the US today.
How can we define “cannot” in more formal terms whereas “cannot” is used more casually? What are some of
such examples?
