词汇 | cannot |
释义 | Definition of cannot in English:cannotcontractionˈkanɒtkaˈnɒt
UsageBoth the one-word form cannot and the two-word form can not are acceptable, but cannot is more common (in the Oxford English Corpus, three times as common). The two-word form is better only in a construction in which not is part of a set phrase, such as ‘not only … but (also)’: Paul can not only sing well, he also paints brilliantly Definition of cannot in US English:cannotcontraction
UsageBoth the one-word form cannot and the two-word form can not are acceptable, but cannot is more common (in the Oxford English Corpus, three times as common). The two-word form is better only in a construction in which not is part of a set phrase, such as ‘not only … but (also)’: Paul can not only sing well, but he also paints brilliantly |
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