Todd Walton wrote:
On 9/9/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I will now retire to the pedant's corner, ever vigilant for someone's
spelling "cannot" as "can not".
I can not bother you with it if you'd like, but m-w.com says:
[snip]
-todd
The above sentence is a good example of how "cannot" and "can not" can
have different meanings.
I can not bother you: I can refrain from bothering you.
I cannot bother you: I am not able to bother you.
"Cannot" and "can not" are not intrinsically equivalent in English.
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~DJA.
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