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Help with contractions (Sentence: Why can't I buy that clock?)

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Expression "no little" | Sentence: There's a wildcat money coming here. I have to stack my piece.

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#1 (permalink) Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:53 am Help with contractions (Sentence: Why can't I buy that clock?)

The sentence "Why can't I buy that clock?" makes sense to me. Why doesn't, "Why cannot I buy that clock?" make any sense. Are both of those written properly?

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#2 (permalink) Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:55 am Help with contractions (Sentence: Why can't I buy that clock?)

Both are fine to me. can't = cannot = can not; " ' " = "no".

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