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



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