Come on boys, can't you at least get someone to proofread.
Come on boys, can't you at least get someone to proofread.
michigan wrote:
Come on boys, can't you at least get someone to proofread.
OK. #1 you asked a question and omitted a question mark. #2 "can't you at least" What does that mean? #3 Get a dictionary and see if the last word in your poorly constructed sentence is a compound word.
If I may ask, which "grammar school did you attend?
michigan wrote:Come on boys, can't you at least get someone to proofread.
The use of the contraction "can’t" in this phrase is inappropriate (replace "can't" with "can not").
A suitable revision would be to omit:
Come on boys, at least get someone to proofread.
This thread is why I love letsrun.
cannot is one word.
What is wrong with using a compound word? "Proofread" is a compound word - it is made using two words - "proof" and "read". Perfectly acceptable.
And while we're wasting our time, when did Eliud Kipchoge win an Olympic 5000 Gold, as the article states? WC yes, Oly no.
mm wrote:
cannot is one word.
correct, my mistake
The only context in which can not, two words, occurs is as an emphatic alternative: "You can do it, or you can not do it." In that case, it is clearly two separately spoken words, with the not given special emphasis, and equally clearly it means something very different from cannot, namely "have the option of not (doing something)."
mm wrote:
cannot is one word.
I cannot believe this!
I can not believe this.
I can't hardly believe this thread.
You actually expected better grammar from a Canuck Wolverine distance runner? Like it makes any difference to Warthurtz and Sully when they are recruiting.
Have you ever read any of Brannan's log?
prof wrote:
The only context in which can not, two words, occurs is as an emphatic alternative: "You can do it, or you can not do it." In that case, it is clearly two separately spoken words, with the not given special emphasis, and equally clearly it means something very different from cannot, namely "have the option of not (doing something)."
If you're going to copy something out of a grammar text, at least cite the reference. Copycat wiseass.