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[Yuri]

On 8/1/18 9:33 AM, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> Log:
>    Fix a common grammar error: "can not" means the opposite of "cannot."
>    
>    "Can not" means "it is possible not to," and "cannot" means "it is impossible to."


This explanation is wrong. "can not" and "cannot" generally mean the 
same in English. Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary and Dictionary.com 
dictionaries all say this. [1][2][3] Examples from literature also 
agree. [4][5]

"can not {action}" can in very rare cases mean that the opposite of the 
action can be performed, especially in spoken language, but it is 
generally understood the same way as "cannot".


Regards,

Yuri



---References---

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannot

[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cannot

[3] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cannot

[4] 
https://books.google.com/books?id=xE00_EjYZDgC&pg=PA107&dq=%22can+not%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiewKiNks3cAhWGFHwKHcgdAN84ChDoAQhRMAg#v=onepage&q=%22can%20not%22&f=false

[5] 
https://books.google.com/books?id=aeH3BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=%22can+not+escape%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuvPrxks3cAhXJylQKHbRnCIgQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22can%20not%20escape%22&f=false