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- grammar - Why can I not vs. Why can not I - English Language . . .
The former is definitely more common; the latter sounds rather dated, and interpretations may vary depending on the different connotations that it could provoke The second option is often found in its contracted form, though: "Why can't I open the door?" Have a look at this question on cannot versus can't and the wh-movement it references
- grammar - Why I cant I or why can I not? - English Language . . .
Why can't I use this app, but I can use the other one Why can I not use this app, but I can use the other one I suspect that both sentence could be correct, if so, then which one is more formal?
- grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, Why cannot. . . . ? - English . . .
Thus, "Why cannot" is acceptable though "Why can not" is not I admit that some people argue that the contraction "can't" should be used instead in this case That option is quite popular - there are 16 6 million examples of can't on google and 90,470 in published literature
- word order - Why cant I see? or Why I cant see?? - English . . .
However, if you want to talk about the reason behind it (make a statement[2] ), you can use why I can't see in a sentence like this: That's why I can't see instead of That's why can't I see (grammatically wrong)
- If saying Why cant I . . . ? is correct, would Why cannot I . . . ? be . . .
Why can I not ? just like with the auxiliaries do or have Why do you not continue ?, Why have you not completed the task? YourDictionary explains: In question form, the noun or pronoun comes between can and not For example: Can we not discuss this today? Note that can+pronoun+not+verb sounds formal, even somewhat dated in certain contexts
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- differences - When to use cannot versus cant? - English Language . . .
Why can I not have some bacon? OK again, although formal Stylistically, the choice between can't and cannot is more complex Generally, people use can't in speech and informal writing, and cannot or can not in formal writing or very formal speech Also (as @Kris points out in a comment), cannot might be used when you need to carefully
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