Elin B wrote:

--- rgorman@telusplanet.net skrev:

 

Quoting GL Sandborn <sandborn@kc.rr.com>:

   

"Clearly, you have seen more than you should.  Still, what
Jeffrey and I are involved in cannot explained to an outsider."
     

can not

   

Both are in use but as far as I've been able to find out - and I've done some
research on this one - "cannot" is generally seen as being a little more
correct. It's frequently �(together with "can't"), the only form that's in the
dictionaries. 

Though here it should be: cannot be explained 

Cheers,

Elin



It is well, I think, for us to learn to tell evil from good; but it has its price, as everything does. We leave our evil friend behind.
-Gene Wolfe, "The Wizard"


 

Actually, I've seen it both ways in print. 
Sometimes, I write 'by ear'.  That is, I write to the language in a 
manner that reflects speech patterns. 
This often results in strange spellings.  Of course, sometimes I fall 
into bad habits, as well.  You both have
caught one of those bad habits. 
I'll consider the change because it won't hurt the story and probably 
will cause fewer 'huh?' reactions when
reading it.

Thank you both!

- Greg


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