Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 17:57:15 -0700 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r476184 - in head: . Mk cad/qcad comms/linrad databases/p5-DBIx-Class-IntrospectableM2M devel/libcfg devel/p5-Class-Method-Modifiers-Fast devel/p5-DateTime-Format-DateParse devel/py-exp... Message-ID: <96703e81-5e5b-b58d-9e58-4ff612c0dfb7@rawbw.com> In-Reply-To: <201808011633.w71GXBEr055314@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201808011633.w71GXBEr055314@repo.freebsd.org>
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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
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