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"Why can I not carry this?" or "Why cannot I carry this?" - which is the correct phrasing?

I'm playing a game and it doesn't let me pick up an item. At some point I asked "Why cannot I carry this?" My friends are telling me my question is grammatically incorrect. I feel like it might be strange cause I did not use a contraction "can't" but still correct as "cannot" is itself a contraction so the movement of "not" is not necessary. What's the story here, please? Thank you!