2022-01-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – C - Cannon & canon - Cannot & can not
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ออกเสียง Cannon & canon = “KAN-uhn”
ออกเสียง Cannot = “KAN-ot” or “ka-NOT”
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USAGE NOTE FOR CANNOT
Cannot is sometimes also spelled can not.
The one-word spelling is by far the more common:
Interest rates simply cannot continue at their present level.
The contraction can't is most common in speech and informal writing.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary:
Cannon & canon
“Canon” used to be such a rare word that there was no
temptation to confuse it with “cannon”:
a large piece of artillery.
The debate over the
literary canon (a list of officially-approved works)
and the popularity of Pachelbel’s Canon
(an imitative musical form related to the common “round”)
have changed all that—confusion is rampant.
Just remember that the big gun is a “cannon.”
All the rest are “canons.”
Note that there are metaphorical uses of “cannon”
for objects shaped like large guns,
such as a horse’s “cannon bone.”
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
Cannon & canon
A CANON is a cleric.
A CANNON is a large gun
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary: & The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
Cannot & can not
These two spellings are largely interchangeable,
but by far the most common is “cannot”
and you should probably use it except
when you want to be emphatic:
“No, you can not wash the dog in the Maytag.”
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Usage Notes
‘Cannot’ vs. ‘Can Not’: Is there a difference?
You can learn all about them
What to Know
Both cannot and can not are perfectly fine,
but cannot is far more common and is therefore recommended,
especially in any kind of formal writing.
Can't has the same meaning, but as with contractions in general,
it is somewhat informal.
In some cases, the not following can is in fact part of another phrase, such as “not only";
in such instances can not is the appropriate choice.
This dictionary defines cannot as “can not”
The word and the phrase mean exactly the same thing:
both are the negation of the very common and useful verb can.
The only difference between them is that the closed form, cannot,
is much more common.
I smell pie but I cannot see any pie.
I smell pie but I can not see any pie.
Cannot has been in use since the 15th century.
We don’t know why English speakers thought it’d be a good idea
to zip the two words together to form one;
they didn’t seem to see much use in doing the same
to do not or is not or have not.
English speakers did see fit to make contractions out
of the whole lot of them, though:
in addition to cannot we have can’t as well.
And we also have don’t, isn’t, haven’t, couldn’t, etc.
These all mean precisely the same thing as their extended forms.
The only difference between don’t and do not, isn’t and is not, etc.,
is that the contractions tend not to be used in formal writing.
(This is true of can’t as well.)
When 'Can Not' Is Preferred
There is one set of circumstances in which can not
is preferred over cannot
—when the not is functioning as part of a different phrase:
Now I can not only smell the pie, but I can also see it.
If you’re unsure about the phrasal status of the not,
try the sentence with can’t instead and see if it works:
*Now I can’t only smell the pie, but I can also see it.
(The * is a signal that this sentence is not one that passes muster grammatically.)
Can’t (without the apostrophe) is another word—orseveral words, actually.
In its most common use as a noun it refers to the language
used by a particular subset of people,
as in “the cant of thieves.”
None of its homographs have anything to do with not being able
or permitted to do something.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition:
can·not - (kăn′ŏt, kə-nŏt′, kă-) aux.v.
The negative form of CAN
Usage Note:
The idiomatic phrase cannot but
has sometimes been criticized as a double negative,
perhaps because it has been confused with can but.
The but of cannot but, however, means "except,"
as it does in phrases such as no one but,
while the but of can but has the sense only,
as it does in the sentence
We had but a single bullet left.
Both cannot but and can but are established as standard expressions.
· The construction cannot help is used with a present participle
to roughly the same effect as a verb form ending in -ing in a sentence
such as
We cannot help admiring his courage.
This construction usually implies that
a person is unable to affect an outcome normally under his or her control.
Thus, saying
We could not help laughing at such a remark would imply that
one could not suppress one's laughter.
· The construction
cannot help but probably arose
as a blend of cannot help and cannot but;
it has the meaning of the first and the syntax of the second:
We cannot help but admire his courage.
The construction has sometimes been criticized as a redundancy,
but it has been around for more than a century
and appears in the writing of many distinguished authors.
· The expression cannot (or can't) seem to
has occasionally been criticized as illogical, and so it is.
Brian can't seem to get angry does not mean
"Brian is incapable of appearing to get angry,"
as its syntax would seem to dictate;
rather, it means
"Brian appears to be unable to get angry."
But the idiom serves a useful purpose,
since the syntax of English does not allow a logical equivalent like
Brian seems to cannot get angry;
and the cannot seem to construction is so widely used
that it would be pedantic to object to it.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:
usage:
cannot is sometimes spelled can not.
The one-word spelling is more common by far.
Its contraction, can’t is found chiefly in speech and informal writing.
