Timeline for Why can't I write a space between "an" and "other"?
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| Jul 30, 2015 at 1:26 | comment | added | TBridges42 | I almost always use "can not", but some spellcheckers reject it. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 1:13 | comment | added | user230 | @Catija Sometimes the single word cannot cannot be used, for example when you're negating a following non-finite clause: "She cannot answer his questions." (She is incapable of answering his questions.) "She can not answer his questions." (She has the option of not answering his questions.) The latter is also distinguished in pronunciation. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 0:44 | comment | added | Catija | I don't think "cannot" is forced on anyone. In fact, when I want to emphasize the "not", I intentionally leave them as two words. "I can not believe you did that!" | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 23:14 | history | answered | TBridges42 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |