Timeline for Do "I can't remember" and "I don't remember" mean the same thing?
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| Oct 24, 2015 at 6:39 | history | edited | user230 |
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| Sep 12, 2015 at 14:22 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 14, 2015 at 14:38 | vote | accept | DScript | ||
| Aug 14, 2015 at 6:32 | answer | added | user22247 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 3:21 | answer | added | Victor Bazarov | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 22:57 | history | edited | Lucky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2015 at 9:21 | comment | added | Itsme | (Is editing treated lightly on ELL these days?) | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 8:23 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | There's also a hint of "I don't remember & can't be bothered thinking about it right now" vs "I can't remember, but I'm still trying & might eventually recall it" | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 8:07 | comment | added | Maulik V | can shows efforts as well! :) | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 7:56 | comment | added | Brian Hitchcock | And "can't remember" doesn't mean that they think they will never be able to remember; only that they cannot remember it now. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 6:46 | comment | added | Catija | Don't = do not; can't = can not. They do not necessarily mean the same thing but that doesn't mean they can not be used to mean about the same thing. People use both versions regularly. | |
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| Jun 29, 2015 at 6:22 | history | asked | DScript | CC BY-SA 3.0 |