Simon Montagu wrote:
> 
> Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >>> Can we not use the Status Whiteboard for this?
> >> You meant that to read "Can we use the Status Whiteboard for this?" correct?
> >Yes, sorry. "Surely we can use etc.".
> 
> That's how I read your original question. Is "Can we not..." a
> construction that Americans don't use or recognize?

As an American speaking for myself, Gervase's original sentence did not seem
the least bit odd or hard to understand.

-Dan Veditz

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