Timeline for "Why can I not carry this?" or "Why cannot I carry this?" - which is the correct phrasing?
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| Nov 30, 2019 at 3:51 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Oct 31, 2019 at 2:36 | comment | added | Barmar | It's rarely used in questions, but not uncommon in statements. | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 23:19 | comment | added | NeilB | Not sure I agree... It's use does tend to be at the more formal end of the common usage, not so much in TOWIE. I am Romford born & bred! | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 23:08 | comment | added | John Lawler | Cannot is rarely used in English. It occurs, like most archaic language, principally in writing, where it represents ways in which English used to be spoken. | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 22:52 | history | answered | NeilB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |