grammar nazi – Random Waypoint https://randomwaypoint.fajs.de Journeys and Musings of an Ex-Hardcore Raider Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.17 25906064 Cannot vs. Can Not https://randomwaypoint.fajs.de/2011/11/cannot-vs-can-not/ https://randomwaypoint.fajs.de/2011/11/cannot-vs-can-not/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:55:56 +0000 http://randomwaypoint.fajs.de/?p=729 Continue reading Cannot vs. Can Not →]]> Because I have been reading, commenting, and correcting papers and theses for two days straight at work, and because of the extraordinary cumulation of people (one a fairly good writer of scientific English) I had to tell the following during that time; furthermore, because this has left me little time to do anything worthwhile to report in my blog, I want to reiterate:

“Cannot” and “can not” do not mean the same. “Cannot do” means that you are unable to do something. “Can not do” means that you are able to refrain from doing something. So “cannot” and “can not” cannot be used interchangeably.

That is all. Thank you for your time.

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