不少人认为cannot仅仅是can not的连写形式,甚至认为二者是绝对相等的,因而忽略了二者之间的差异(有时甚至是重大的差异),将其混为一谈。其实这种观点很值得商讨,以下五点可供研究时参考: 1.美国英语有时允许把can not分写为两个词,但是在英国英语中却往往要连写为一个词cannot。 2.cannot属于正式文体(formal style),较can not通用。分写为 Many people think that cannot is just a form of can not even write, and even think that the two are absolutely equal, thus ignoring the difference between the two (sometimes even a major difference), confuse it. In fact, this point of view is worthy of discussion. The following five points can be used for reference when studying: 1. American English sometimes allows you to divide the word into two words, but in British English it is often written as a word cannot. 2.cannot belong to the formal style, which is more common than can. Write as