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This is your breakfast. I can eat natto. But I cannot eat salmon.
× Point not I can eat salmon. eat salmon. I cannot eat salmon. I can’t eat salmon. Point ①「～できません」と否定の表現をするときには「can」の後に 「not」を加えます。 ② 「can not」の短縮形には「 cannot 」と「 can’t 」があります。 「 can’t 」と「 can 」が音声的には区別しにくいため、誤解を 招かないように「 cannot 」の形もあります。 どちらを使ってもかまいません。
Practice can not
I can play soccer. I cannot play soccer. × I can’t play soccer.
× You can play baseball. You cannot play baseball. You can’t
Yuki can dance well. Yuki cannot dance well. × Yuki can’t dance well.
She can ski well. She cannot ski well. × She can’t ski well.
Tom can run fast. Tom cannot run fast. × Tom can’t run fast.
× He can play kendama well. He cannot play kendama well. He can’t
They can swim fast. They cannot swim fast. × They can’t swim fast.
We can drive a car. × We cannot drive a car. We can’t drive a car.