can not、cannot、can’t、cant区别如下:
一、can not和cannot的含义和用法都相同,可以换用,如:
- I smell pie but I cannot see any pie.
- I smell pie but I can not see any pie.
相比之下,cannot更为常见,所以更推荐使用。对此,《韦氏词典》是这么说的:
The only difference between them is that the closed form, cannot, is much more common.
二、和can not相比,can’t较为不正式,这也是与其他缩写如don’t, isn’t等的相同之处,所以在特别正式的情况下,推荐使用cannot或can not。