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- Why is “cannot” spelled as one word? - English Language Usage . . .
The construction cannot help but probably arose as a blend of cannot help and cannot but; it has the meaning of the first and the syntax of the second: We cannot help but admire his courage The construction has sometimes been criticized as a redundancy, but it has been around for more than a century and appears in the writing of many
- The usage of can not vs. cannot in mathematics
The terms cannot and can not are identical in meaning and are typically considered to be alternate forms of one another However, the form cannot is much more commonly used than can not Cannot has become the standard form in formal writing (and is typically the form recommended by most grammar resources and style guides)
- grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, Why cannot. . . . ? - English . . .
Cannot is the only negative form that contains not rather than -n't Theoretically, since it is a single word, you can say why cannot you without a problem My theory is that modern English speakers don't want to put cannot before the subject because it contains not and sounds like can not
- meaning - What is the correct way to use neither and nor in a . . .
The tool cannot be found in the kitchen The tool cannot be found in the bathroom Which is the correct sentence to represent the situation above? I can find the tool neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom I cannot find the tool neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom I cannot find the tool, neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom
- You cannot eat your cake and have it or have your cake and eat it?
You cannot have your cake and eat it, too You cannot eat your cake and have it, too The meaning is simply that the cake cannot be both eaten and saved for later The two options are mutually exclusive Neither are misworded, misordered or misused
- differences - Get hold of, get ahold of, get a hold of - English . . .
“Get ahold of” doesn’t exist “Get hold of” and “Get a hold of” are mostly interchangeable, but “get hold of” is more often used with people: “get hold of Mr Jones and tell him…”, and “get a hold of” is used with things, like gaining expertise: “I think I’ve finally gotten a hold of this subject…”
- Word for something difficult or nearly impossible to achieve
Aspirations are typically things that people or organisations want to achieve, think they can, but cannot guarantee that they will In business it's typically the best case scenario or outcome of a particular course of action A similar word is ambition In a more fanciful context, I would use dream
- difference between can do nothing and cannot do anything
I cannot do anything to help you If there isn't any significant difference, are there any cases when you'd chose one over another? Please don't mark it as duplicate, I had searched but the results that I got didn't answer my queries satisfactorily
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