The Genius of Weak Forms

永遠聽不懂的美國can/can't

"I used to work—in the US in the Chicago area—with a native Chinese (possibly HK) speaker who learned UK English well as a second language, except she had a very distinct way of saying "can not", with what I now understand is the weak form of can, followed by a strongly emphasized NOT.

Her way of avoiding ambiguity seems more logical than stressing the CAN, and in any case was an interesting quirk."

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